A890 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Enacts "new deal for SUNY: the New York state higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY who are enrolled in academic coursework and are on track to graduate; establishes the state university tuition fund to reimburse the state university of New York for the cost of tuition for students who are eligible for free tuition.
- Title
- Enacts "SUNY for all: the New York State higher education equality act" to provide free tuition to students who attend SUNY
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- In Assembly Committee
- Latest action date
- 2026-01-07
- In committee
- Higher Education
- Introduced
- 2025-01-07
- Same as
- S2049
- Law section
- Education Law
Sponsors
- Phara Souffrant Forrest Assembly Member, District 57
Co-sponsors
- Diana C. Moreno Assembly Member, District 36
- Emily Gallagher Assembly Member, District 50
- George Alvarez Assembly Member, District 78
- Jessica González-Rojas Assembly Member, District 34
- Jo Anne Simon Assembly Member, District 52
- Marcela Mitaynes Assembly Member, District 51
- Maritza Davila Assembly Member, District 53
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn Assembly Member, District 42
Heard in committee
- Higher Education NY State Assembly committee