Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 30, 2018 |
print number 3101a |
Jan 30, 2018 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to education |
Jan 26, 2017 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A3101A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BRINDISI
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
Donna Lupardo
Kevin Cahill
Ellen C. Jaffee
James Skoufis
multi-Sponsors
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Clifford Crouch
William Magee
Edward Ra
2017-A3101 - Details
2017-A3101 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3101 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI, LUPARDO, CAHILL, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS, SANTABARBARA, SEPULVEDA, ZEBROWSKI, BUTLER, LAWRENCE, LUPINACCI, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BICHOTTE, CROUCH, MAGEE, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a committee to study ways to reduce the length of standardized tests and ways to increase the test's transparency THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 56 to read as follows: 56. A. THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP WAYS TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF STANDARD- IZED TESTS ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN AND THE EIGHTH GRADE AND WAYS TO INCREASE THE TEST'S TRANSPARENCY. THE COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW HOW THE TEST'S TRANSPARENCY WOULD IMPACT STUDENTS' PRIVACY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) WHAT DATA IS BEING COLLECTED; (II) HOW THE DATA IS BEING COLLECTED; (III) WHO IS COLLECTING THE DATA; (IV) WHERE IS THE DATA BEING STORED; AND (V) WHY THE DATA IS BEING USED. B. ALONG WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE, THE SUBSE- QUENT CRITERIA SHALL BE FOLLOWED BY THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND/OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS: (1) ANY STANDARDIZED TEST ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS BETWEEN KINDERGAR- TEN AND EIGHTH GRADE SHALL BE RELEASED PUBLICLY ON THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE SCORES BEING RELEASED; (2) THE RELEASE OF TEST SCORES SHALL OCCUR WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE TESTS BEING GRADED; AND (3) PARENTS SHALL BE NOTIFIED WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF ANY DISTRICT-WIDE STANDARDIZED TEST PLANNED TO BE ADMINISTERED, ALONG WITH THE TEST'S EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01873-01-7
co-Sponsors
Donna Lupardo
Kevin Cahill
Ellen C. Jaffee
James Skoufis
multi-Sponsors
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn
Clifford Crouch
William Magee
Edward Ra
2017-A3101A (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A3101A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3101--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 26, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI, LUPARDO, CAHILL, JAFFEE, SKOUFIS, SANTABARBARA, SEPULVEDA, ZEBROWSKI, BUTLER, LAWRENCE, RAIA -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. BICHOTTE, CROUCH, MAGEE, RA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating a committee to study ways to reduce the length of standardized tests and ways to increase the test's transparency THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 57 to read as follows: 57. A. THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO ESTABLISH A COMMITTEE TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP WAYS TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF STANDARD- IZED TESTS ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS BETWEEN KINDERGARTEN AND THE EIGHTH GRADE AND WAYS TO INCREASE THE TEST'S TRANSPARENCY. THE COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW HOW THE TEST'S TRANSPARENCY WOULD IMPACT STUDENTS' PRIVACY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: (I) WHAT DATA IS BEING COLLECTED; (II) HOW THE DATA IS BEING COLLECTED; (III) WHO IS COLLECTING THE DATA; (IV) WHERE IS THE DATA BEING STORED; AND (V) WHY THE DATA IS BEING USED. B. ALONG WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE, THE SUBSE- QUENT CRITERIA SHALL BE FOLLOWED BY THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND/OR SCHOOL DISTRICTS: (1) ANY STANDARDIZED TEST ADMINISTERED TO STUDENTS BETWEEN KINDERGAR- TEN AND EIGHTH GRADE SHALL BE RELEASED PUBLICLY ON THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE SCORES BEING RELEASED; (2) THE RELEASE OF TEST SCORES SHALL OCCUR WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE TESTS BEING GRADED; AND EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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