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                                  6177--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2017
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 Introduced  by M. of A. PICHARDO, BLAKE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Higher Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a common
   articulation policy at the state of New York  and  city  of  New  York
   university  systems  for  granting  college  credit bearing coursework
   based upon successful performance on standardized exams  completed  by
   high school students
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
   2-B. THE STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH  A  CONSISTENT  AND
 EVIDENCE-BASED  POLICY  FOR  ACCEPTING  AND  GRANTING COMPARABLE COLLEGE
 CREDIT FOR DEMONSTRATING COLLEGE LEVEL PERFORMANCE  BY  EARNING  PASSING
 SCORES ON STANDARDIZED EXAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE POLICY SHALL BE ADOPTED
 AND  IMPLEMENTED  FOR STUDENTS ENROLLING IN ANY STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS,
 EFFECTIVE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN  ACADEMIC
 YEAR AND THEREAFTER.
   A.  THE POLICY SHALL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY AND
 SHALL INCLUDE: (I)  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  SYSTEM'S  INSTITUTIONS,
 STUDENT  ADVISORY  GROUPS  AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, A REVIEW BY THE
 STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES OF FINDINGS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE DATA  FOR
 STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY PASSING ONE OR MORE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS PRIOR
 TO  ENROLLING  IN  A  STATE  UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE; AND (II) MEASURES OF
 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, RETENTION RATES, AND GRADUATION RATES OF  STUDENTS
 WHO  COMPLETE  A  LOWER-DIVISION COURSE AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY'S INSTI-
 TUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE CREDIT  FOR
 A COMPARABLE COLLEGE COURSE, DISAGGREGATED BY SCORE, BASED UPON ADVANCED
 PLACEMENT, COLLEGE LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP) INTERNATIONAL BACCA-
 LAUREATE (IB) EXAMINATIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   B. EACH INSTITUTION IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
 STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES THE DATA REQUESTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLET-
 ING THIS STUDY IN A TIMELY MANNER.
   C.  NOT  LATER  THAN  JANUARY  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT POLICY,  BASED  ON  THE
 FINDINGS OF THE STUDY REQUIRED BY THIS SUBDIVISION, FOR GRANTING COLLEGE
 CREDIT ESTABLISHED BY EVIDENCE OF PASSING SCORES ON STANDARDIZED COLLEGE
 LEVEL EXAMS COMPLETED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
   §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 20 to read as follows:
   20. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH A  CONSISTENT  AND  EVIDENCE
 BASED  POLICY  FOR  ACCEPTING AND GRANTING COLLEGE CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL
 PERFORMANCE ON COLLEGE LEVEL STANDARDIZED EXAMS TAKEN BY STUDENTS  WHILE
 IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE POLICY SHALL BE ADOPTED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR STUDENTS
 ENROLLING  IN  ANY CITY UNIVERSITY CAMPUS EFFECTIVE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND
 EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER.
   A. THE POLICY SHALL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY  AND
 SHALL  INCLUDE:  (I)  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE SYSTEM'S INSTITUTIONS,
 STUDENT ADVISORY GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, A  REVIEW  BY  THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF FINDINGS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE DATA FOR STUDENTS
 SUCCESSFULLY PASSING ONE OR MORE ADVANCED PLACEMENT, COLLEGE LEVEL EXAM-
 INATION PROGRAM (CLEP), AND INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB) EXAMS PRIOR
 TO ENROLLING IN A STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE; AND (II) MEASURES OF ACADEM-
 IC  PERFORMANCE,  RETENTION  RATES, AND GRADUATION RATES OF STUDENTS WHO
 COMPLETE A LOWER-DIVISION COURSE AT THE CITY  UNIVERSITY'S  INSTITUTIONS
 OF HIGHER EDUCATION COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR A COMPA-
 RABLE COLLEGE COURSE, DISAGGREGATED BY SCORE, BASED UPON ADVANCED PLACE-
 MENT EXAMINATIONS.
   B.  EACH INSTITUTION IN THE CITY UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SHALL SUBMIT TO THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE DATA REQUESTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING  THIS
 STUDY IN A TIMELY MANNER.
   C.  NOT  LATER THAN JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, THE BOARD OF
 TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT POLICY, BASED ON THE  FINDINGS  OF
 THE  STUDY  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION, FOR GRANTING COLLEGE CREDIT
 ESTABLISHED BY EVIDENCE OF PASSING SCORES ON STANDARDIZED COLLEGE  LEVEL
 EXAMS COMPLETED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.