Certificate of Residence Policies for Community Colleges

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      S9612

2025-2026 Legislative Session Relates to certificate of residence policies for community colleges

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Michelle Hinchey

(D, WF) 41st Senate District

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2025-S9612

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See Assembly Version of this Bill: A10541 Law Section: Education Law Laws Affected: Amd §6305, Ed L

2025-S9612

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          - Summary

Authorizes the state university trustees to promulgate rules or regulations relating to late fees and exceptions for students submitting certificate of residence forms, and a reconciliation process for such forms received after the list of non-resident students was sent to a county.

2025-S9612

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        - Sponsor Memo

BILL NUMBER: S9612

SPONSOR: HINCHEY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to certificate of resi-
dence policies for community colleges

 
PURPOSE:

To direct the State University of New York Board of Trustees to promul-
gate rules and regulations regarding late fees and exceptions to the
submission deadline for certificate of residence forms for community
college.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one would direct the State University of New York (SUNY)Board of
Trustees to promulgate rules and regulations regarding late fees and
exceptions to the deadline for certificate of residence form submission
for community college. Section one would also direct the SUNY Board of
Trustees to establish a reconciliation process for forms submitted after
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2025-S9612

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      - Bill Text [download pdf](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/s9612)

S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K

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                               9612

                         I N  S E N A T E

                          March 30, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certificate of resi-
dence policies for community colleges

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 6305 of the education law,
subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 2022 and subdivi-
sion 4 as amended by section 2 of part V of chapter 57 of the laws of
2013, are amended and a new subdivision 4-a is added to read as follows:
3. The chief fiscal officer of each county, as defined in section 2.00
of the local finance law, shall, upon application and submission to such
chief fiscal officer of satisfactory evidence in-person or electron-
ically, issue to any person desiring to enroll in a community college as
a non-resident student, a certificate of residence form showing that
said person is a resident of said county. No such chief fiscal officer
shall require a person desiring to enroll in a community college as a
non-resident student to disclose or furnish his or her social security
number. If the chief fiscal officer of a county refuses to issue such a
certificate on the ground that the person applying therefor is not a
resident of such county, OR THAT SUCH PERSON IS NOT SUBJECT TO RULES OR
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED UNDER SUBDIVISION FOUR-A OF THIS SECTION, the
person applying may appeal, in writing, electronically or by mail, to
the chancellor of the state university. The chancellor of the state
university, or such officers or employees thereof as shall be designated
by the chancellor in a manner authorized by the state university trus-
tees, shall make a determination after a hearing, upon ten days' notice
to such chief fiscal officer of the county, and such determination shall
be final and binding on the county. Such person shall, upon registration
for each college year, file with the college such a certificate of resi-
dence form issued not earlier than two months prior thereto, and such
certificate of residence form shall be valid for a period of one year
from the date of issuance. The state university trustees shall be

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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