Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary, and graduate schools to provide a notice of tuition liability policies

PassedLatest action May 4, 2026

Requires colleges, universities, professional, proprietary and graduate schools to provide written notice to all students of the institution's tuition liability policy.

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Where it stands

Passed the legislature and is awaiting a signature.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A705, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Education Law.

Committee

Higher Education · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Higher Education · New York State Senate, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

This bill requires all institutions of higher education to provide writ- ten notice of their tuition liability policy to students. The notice must be in both electronic and hard copy, sent multiple times during the academic year, and the student must acknowledge understanding and receipt of the policy and its exceptions.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateFeb 25, 2026Result: passed
(58) (0) (0) (5)
Vote: Committee vote · Higher Education
Senate Higher EducationFeb 10, 2026Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateFeb 11, 2025Result: passed
(61) (0) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Higher Education
Senate Higher EducationFeb 3, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., Lea Webb and 3 more on Agora

Democratic5

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why John Liu says this is needed

It is very common for students in higher education to leave school for a multitude of reasons related to health, personal hardship, or family circumstances. Institutions of higher education will oftentimes have tuition liability policies that require students to withdraw from school by a specific date or otherwise be financially liable for full tuition costs. Institutions may also have policies to waive this liability where circumstances are beyond the student's control; however, many students are not aware of these policies and waivers, leaving students with substantial tuition bills that they later cannot afford to pay and oftentimes default on payments. This legislation seeks to provide students with greater notice of tuition liability policies in order to ensure that students are aware of all deadlines and waiver processes to prevent students from defaulting on their student loans. Students should have consistent notice of their institution's tuition liability policy and have knowledge of the process for utilizing the policy's exemptions when hardships arise. Such exemptions, when utilized, may protect students from full tuition liability.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 4, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.392
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.392
NY Assembly
May 4, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
May 4, 2026
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR A705
NY Assembly
Apr 30, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading CAL.392
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.392
NY Assembly
Apr 28, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly

Show full history (20 earlier events)

Mar 13, 2026
Amend by Restoring to Original Print 705
AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 705
NY Assembly
Feb 25, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Feb 25, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Feb 25, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Assembly
Feb 24, 2026
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2026
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Feb 10, 2026
1ST Report CAL.307
1ST REPORT CAL.307
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
May 28, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
May 21, 2025
Amend and Recommit to Higher Education
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Assembly
Feb 11, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Assembly
Feb 5, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 4, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Feb 3, 2025
1ST Report CAL.221
1ST REPORT CAL.221
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Assembly

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
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