Assembly Bill A1855

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of a minimum standardized test cut-off score for student admission to the state university of New York and city university of New York

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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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2011-A1855 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1290
2013-2014: A2812
2015-2016: A3969

2011-A1855 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of a minimum standardized test cut-off score for student admission to or rejection by the state university of New York and city university of New York; permits overall assessment of student qualifications for admission, including consideration of such scores together with academic course grades, classroom performance, community service, and extracurricular activities, provided that the effect of doing so does not result in establishing a minimum standardized test score for admission or rejection.

2011-A1855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1855

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting the use of
  a  minimum score on a standardized test or combination of standardized
  tests as a cut-off for admission to or rejection by the state  univer-
  sity of New York and the city university of New York

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

  Section 1. Paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of  the  educa-
tion law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 10 to read as follows:
  (10)  IN  REGULATING THE ADMISSION OF STUDENTS, A MINIMUM SCORE ON ONE
OR MORE STANDARDIZED APTITUDE OR ACHIEVEMENT  TESTS,  SUCH  AS  BUT  NOT
LIMITED TO THE COLLEGE BOARD'S SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TESTS OR ITS ACHIEVE-
MENT  OR  ACT  TESTS,  OR A MINIMUM INDEX SCORE DERIVED BY UTILIZING ANY
COMBINATION OF SCORES FROM MORE THAN ONE OF ANY SUCH STANDARDIZED TESTS,
SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED AS A MINIMUM STANDARD FOR STUDENT ADMISSION TO ANY
COLLEGE OF THE UNIVERSITY.  NO PROVISION OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
CONSTRUED TO PRECLUDE CONSIDERATION OF SUCH SCORES TOGETHER WITH ACADEM-
IC  COURSE  GRADES, CLASSROOM PERFORMANCE, COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND EXTRA-
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, IN DETERMINING QUALIFICATIONS FOR STUDENT  ADMIS-
SION,  NOR  TO  PRECLUDE  THE  USE  OF  AN INDEX BASED UPON SUCH OVERALL
ASSESSMENT OF A STUDENT'S PERFORMANCE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IN MAKING
SUCH ASSESSMENT OR CONSTRUCTING SUCH INDEX, NO MINIMUM SCORE ON ANY SUCH
STANDARDIZED TEST OR COMBINATION OF STANDARDIZED TESTS SHALL BE REQUIRED
AS A STANDARD FOR ADMISSION; AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT THE COMPONENTS OF
ANY SUCH INDEX SHALL NOT BE WEIGHTED IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO REQUIRE,  IN
EFFECT,  THAT  A MINIMUM SCORE BE ATTAINED ON ANY SUCH STANDARDIZED TEST
OR COMBINATION OF STANDARDIZED TESTS  TO  REACH  AN  INDEX  SCORE  WHICH
CONSTITUTES THE CUT-OFF POINT FOR STUDENT ADMISSION OR REJECTION.
  S  2. Subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law is amended by
adding a new paragraph (a-1) to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01006-01-1

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