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- Print number 475a
- Amend and recommit to education
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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Prohibits secondary schools and colleges from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Luis R. Sepúlveda
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting secondary schools and colleges from withholding student transcripts for failure to pay tuition
Purpose or general idea of bill
Allows students to obtain their academic transcript in the event tuition has not been paid.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 Amends the education law by adding a new Article 2-A. Prohibits public or private educational institutions from withholding student transcripts in the event such student has not paid tuition. Creates a Class A misdemeanor for failure to comply with this section.
Section 2 Effective Date
Existing law
None
Justification
As a result of the current recession, difficulties with paying tuition have become more and more common. Whether the student is paying for his or her 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 transcripts if the tuition is not fully paid.
This bill would prohibit an educational institution from withholding a transcript for failure to pay tuition. Failure to comply with this provision would be a Class A misdemeanor.
Prior legislative history
2014: S.12 - Referred to Education/A.3173 - Referred to Education 2013: S.12 - Referred to Education/A.3173 Referred to Education 2012: S.503 - Referred to in Education 2011: S.503 -Defeated in Education 2010: S.8493 - Referred to Rules
Fiscal implications
None to State.
Effective date
First of November after it shall have become law.
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