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NY A09909

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

4/26/2024

Primary Sponsor

Steve Stern

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Origin

Assembly

2023-2024 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Education Law Section 340, Subdivision 1 to expand the definition of "standardized test" or "test" to explicitly include the general education development (GED) exam
  • Restructures the definition into two categories: (a) tests given at test subject expense for post-secondary or professional school admissions, and (b) the general education development exam
  • Maintains existing exemptions for state, federal, and local civil service tests; placement and credit-by-examination tests; tests developed by individual schools for their own purposes; and tests evaluating manual skills or physical abilities
  • Takes effect ninety days after becoming law

Legislative Description

Clarifies the application of standardized testing requirements to the general education development exam by explicitly including it in the definition of "standardized test" and "test".

Last Action

referred to education

4/26/2024

Committee Referrals

Education4/26/2024

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