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NY A 8531

in committee

Relates to public higher education admissions and standardized testing

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did NY A 8531 pass?

Not yet. NY A 8531 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

What is NY A 8531 about?

Prevents certain public institutions of higher education from using the scholastic aptitude test and ACT assessment in the admissions process on and after the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven academic year for New York resident applicants; requires SUNY and CUNY to create a new standardized test by the two thousand thirty--two thousand thirty-one academic year.

Who sponsors NY A 8531?

Alicia Hyndman is the primary sponsor of NY A 8531.

Description

Prevents certain public institutions of higher education from using the scholastic aptitude test and ACT assessment in the admissions process on and after the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven academic year for New York resident applicants; requires SUNY and CUNY to create a new standardized test by the two thousand thirty--two thousand thirty-one academic year.

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

  • Alicia Hyndmanprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-20

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8502not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 1904not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 3432not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 4782

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A8531?summary=&detail=

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