Duty LXD-8565
Serves colleges and universities, in New York
Use of student social security numbers restrictedin force1 line
N.Y. Educ. Law section 2-b · Read the law's page
- If you are a public or private elementary or secondary school or a college in New York, do not display a student's social security number to identify the student when posting or publicly listing grades, on class rosters or other lists given to teachers, on student identification cards, or in student directories or similar listings, and do not use it for any other public identification purpose unless a law specifically authorizes or requires it (Educ. Law 2-b).
Unfair educational practices: no postsecondary educational institution may require an individual to provide a copy of his or her criminal history recordin force1 line
N.Y. Educ. Law section 313(3)(f) · Read the law's page
- If you are a postsecondary educational institution under the visitation of the Board of Regents or the Commissioner of Education, or a business or trade school in New York, do not require an applicant or other individual to give you a copy of his or her own criminal history record obtained from the Division of Criminal Justice Services (Educ. Law 313(3)(f)).
Applications for admission to an educational institution: no question requiring involuntary disclosure of the parents' marital statusin force1 line
N.Y. Educ. Law section 313-a · Read the law's page
- If you are an educational institution in New York, or you build its application for admission, do not put on the application any question that requires an applicant to disclose, involuntarily, the marital status of his or her parents (Educ. Law 313-a).
Publishers of commercially published college instructional materials: electronic versions for students with disabilitiesin force4 lines
N.Y. Educ. Law section 715 · Read the law's page
- If you publish or manufacture commercially published printed instructional materials for students attending college in New York, provide for purchase by students with disabilities the printed instructional material in an electronic format mutually agreed upon with the commissioner of education, converted with the most updated software technology available to the public (Educ. Law 715(2)).
- Make the electronic version keep the structural integrity of the printed material, work with commonly used braille translation and speech synthesis software, and include necessary corrections and revisions (Educ. Law 715(2)).
- Make the electronic version available at a cost comparable to the printed version and in a timely manner, once you receive a written request that certifies the student's disability and course enrollment and is signed by the coordinator of services for students with disabilities or the campus official responsible for monitoring ADA compliance (Educ. Law 715(2)(a) to (d)).
- If you publish or manufacture nonprinted instructional materials for college students for commercial purposes, provide computer files or other electronic versions on the same conditions when technology is available to convert them to a format that keeps their structural integrity and works with braille translation and speech synthesis software (Educ. Law 715(5)).