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NY A 786

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Prohibits private colleges from collecting financial information from a student's non-custodial parent; requires that private colleges use student financial aid formulas that are arrived at independently

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Prohibits independent higher education institutions from collecting financial information from a student's or prospective student's non-custodial parent; requires that private colleges use student financial aid formulas that are arrived at independently, without coordination with outside standard setting organizations.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

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Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A786?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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