Provides that beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year, certain graduate students shall be required to pay 25% of all current and future mandatory university fees; provides that in the 2027-2028 academic year and thereafter, no mandatory university fees shall be charged, with the exclusion of the graduate student association student activity fee.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10334
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 20, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, BURROUGHS, SEAWRIGHT, ROMERO, LASHER,
DAIS, MEEKS, SCHIAVONI, CLARK, SHRESTHA, SMITH, CONRAD, SAYEGH, GRIF-
FIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to phasing out certain
mandatory university fees for graduate students
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the educa-
tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 12 to read as follows:
(12) (I) BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
TY-SEVEN ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE MANDATORY UNIVERSITY
FEES, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION STUDENT
ACTIVITY FEE, SHALL BE CHARGED TO A STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK GRADU-
ATE STUDENT SERVING A FULL-TIME OR HALF-TIME APPOINTMENT AS A GRADUATE
TEACHING ASSISTANT, GRADUATE ASSISTANT, GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, OR GRADUATE TEACHING ASSOCIATE AT THE RATE
OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ALL MANDATORY UNIVERSITY FEES, WITH THE EXCLU-
SION OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE.
(II) BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
EIGHT ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER, NO MANDATORY UNIVERSITY FEES SHALL
BE CHARGED, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION
STUDENT ACTIVITY FEE.
§ 2. Section 6206 of the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 24 to read as follows:
24. A. BEGINNING IN THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-
SEVEN ACADEMIC YEAR, ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE MANDATORY UNIVERSITY FEES,
WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION STUDENT ACTIVITY
FEE, SHALL BE CHARGED TO A CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK GRADUATE STUDENT
SERVING AS A GRADUATE ASSISTANT, ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, ADJUNCT LECTURER,
ADJUNCT COLLEGE LABORATORY TECHNICIAN OR A NON-TEACHING ADJUNCT STAFF
MEMBER AT THE RATE OF TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ALL MANDATORY UNIVERSITY
FEES, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION STUDENT
ACTIVITY FEE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07787-04-6
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