Assembly Bill A2113

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Reduces age to 16 for eligibility to take GED

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2113 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3205, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3737

2009-A2113 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Reduces the age to sixteen for eligibility to take the general educational development exam.

2009-A2113 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2113

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN, CLARK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  HOOPER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to authorizing certain
  students to take the general education  development  test  at  sixteen
  years of age

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  3205  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D.  A  MINOR  WITH  A  COMMITMENT LETTER FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR
UNIVERSITY SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
EXAM AT THE EARLIEST  DATE  THE  EXAM  IS  OFFERED  AFTER  SUCH  MINOR'S
SIXTEENTH BIRTHDAY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05357-01-9

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