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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to college admission and financial aid for students who have received a high school diploma from certain online high school programs"
description: "Provides that students who receive a high school diploma from an online high school program located within the United States that is accredited in accordance with the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook shall be eligible for admission to colleges and financial aid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6705"
citation: "New York S 6705 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f07b28d-2ac5-4fdf-bc60-494fedd94d8e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6705"
source_hash: "82463d90e546e089fcab58c33db3470fa16dac78dc7de76fbc156c53c22631cd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---
# New York S 6705 (2025-2026) — Relates to college admission and financial aid for students who have received a high school diploma from certain online high school programs
Provides that students who receive a high school diploma from an online high school program located within the United States that is accredited in accordance with the Job Corps Policy and Requirements Handbook shall be eligible for admission to colleges and financial aid.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S6705** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6705&term=2025&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Higher Education Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-20** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.903
- **2025-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7390A
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.866
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.606 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f07b28d-2ac5-4fdf-bc60-494fedd94d8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).