BILL NUMBER: S3824A
SPONSOR: SEPULVEDA
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting elementary
schools and secondary schools from withholding student transcripts for
failure to pay tuition
 
PURPOSE:
Allows students to obtain their academic transcript in the event tuition
has not been paid.
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 subdivision 1 of Section 640 of the education law is amended
to prohibit elementary and secondary schools from withholding student
transcripts in the event such student has not paid tuition.
Section 2 Sets the effective Date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
As a result of the ongoing financial stress in the U.S. economy, diffi-
culties with paying tuition have become more and more common. Whether
the student is paying for their own education, or parents are paying for
their child's tuition, it is the student who suffers. The problem is
exacerbated in situations when a student's transcript needs to be sent
from one school to another. Schools frequently will not release tran-
scripts if the tuition is not fully paid.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.1916 of 2023-2024; Referred to Education;
S.2773 of 2021-22: Referred to Education
S. 6722 2019-20: Referred to Education
S.8697 of 2018: Referred to Education
S.4897 of 2017: Referred to Education
S.475A of 2016: Held for consideration in Higher Education
S.0012 of 2013-14: Referred to Education
S.0503 of 2012: Referred to in Education
S.0503 of 2011: Defeated in Education
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state of New York.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

Statutes affected:
S3824A: 640 education law, 640(1) education law