NY State Senate Bill 2017-S4131

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Feb 03, 2017	referred to higher education

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Higher Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §340, add §344-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2011-2012: S7719
2013-2014: S1658
2015-2016: S13

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to pre and post test reporting requirements, test site registration and sign in.

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4131

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to amend the education law, in relation to pre and post test
reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in

 PURPOSE :

To codify newly created security procedures for the administration of
undergraduate college admission tests.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1. Amends section 340 of the education law to add five new
definitions.

Section 2. Amends the education law to add a new section 344-d in
relation to pre and post test reporting requirements and testing site
registration and sign in requirements.

Section 3. Requires testing agencies to report to the higher education
committees one year after the effective date.

Section 4. Sets for the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

This bill is necessary to create deterrents from cheating on post
secondary standardized tests and to improve identification
verification of those who take such exams in this state.

In recent months, an SAT cheating scandal was discovered on Long
Island. It was found that high school students were paying large sums
of money to college students who falsified identifications and took
the SATs for them. This scandal included up to 50 students, some of
who were middle men who connected the impersonating test takers with
the high schools students who had the ability to pay up to $3,600 for
another to take the exam for them.

The Senate Standing Committee on Higher Education held hearings on
this issue in October of 2011. It was discovered that lax test site
identification procedures and no test take reporting requirements
allowed such egregious conduct to occur.

With the increasing number of college applicants fighting for limited
spots, getting into the college of your choice has become more and
more competitive. Therefore, there has been increased importance
placed a student's SAT or ACT score. When a student cheats, such
behavior has the potential to displace honest, hard working students
from the most competitive colleges. Students who didn't earn and don't
deserve such coveted placements should not have this unfair advantage.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2015-16 S.13;
2013-14 S.1658/A.6809;
2012 S.7719

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the State

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect on the 1st of November next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become law.

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4131
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  pre  and  post  test
   reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  340  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  813  of  the laws of 1980, is amended and five new
 subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are added to read as follows:
   3. "Test subject" means an individual to whom a test  is  administered
 OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REGISTERED TO TAKE A TEST.
   10.  "HOME  HIGH SCHOOL" MEANS THE HIGH SCHOOL AT WHICH A TEST SUBJECT
 IS OR WAS A MATRICULATED STUDENT AT THE TIME OF TESTING.
   11. "TESTING SITE" MEANS ANY LOCATION WHERE  A  STANDARDIZED  TEST  IS
 ADMINISTERED TO A TEST SUBJECT.
   12. "TEST SITE PERSONNEL" MEANS A PERSON PRESENT AT A TESTING SITE WHO
 SIGNS  IN TEST SUBJECTS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO TAKE THE TEST AT THAT SITE
 AND WHO OVERSEES THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STANDARDIZED TEST. FOR PURPOSES
 OF THIS DEFINITION, TESTING SITE  PERSONNEL  MAY  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
 LIMITED TO, A PROCTOR, TEST CENTER SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OR A
 ROOM  PROCTOR.  EACH  MAY  HAVE  A DIFFERENT ROLE IN TEST ADMINISTRATION
 OVERSIGHT.
   13. "ACCEPTABLE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION" MEANS  A  SCHOOL  IDENTIFICATION
 CARD,  A  SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION FORM PREPARED BY THE HOME HIGH SCHOOL, A
 STATE-ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSE, A STATE-ISSUED  NON-DRIVER'S  LICENSE,  A
 PASSPORT,  A  MILITARY  IDENTIFICATION CARD OR A GOVERNMENT ISSUED IDEN-
 TIFICATION CARD. THE PHOTOGRAPH ON ANY SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD MUST  BE
 A CURRENT REPRESENTATION OF THE TEST TAKER'S IMAGE.
   14.  "PHOTO ADMISSION TICKET" MEANS A TICKET ASSIGNED TO A TEST REGIS-
 TRANT, UPON REGISTERING TO TAKE THE ACT  ASSESSMENT  (ACT)  OR  THE  SAT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09645-01-7

 S. 4131                             2
 
 WHICH  IS  PRODUCED BY THE TEST AGENCY ACCORDING TO SUCH AGENCY'S RULES,
 REGULATIONS OR PROTOCOLS.
   §  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 344-d to
 read as follows:
   § 344-D. PRE AND POST TEST REPORTING  REQUIREMENTS  AND  TESTING  SITE
 REGISTRATION  AND SIGN IN REQUIREMENTS. 1. THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY APPLY
 TO UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE ADMISSION EXAMS SUCH AS  THE  SAT  OR  THE  ACT
 ASSESSMENT (ACT).
   2. (A) UPON REGISTERING TO SIT FOR THE SAT OR ACT A TEST SUBJECT SHALL
 REPORT  TO  THEIR  HOME  HIGH  SCHOOL THE TESTING SITE AT WHICH THEY ARE
 REGISTERED TO TAKE THE EXAM;
   (B) UPON COMPLETION OF THE EXAM AND RECEIPT OF THEIR SCORE,  THE  TEST
 SUBJECT MUST REPORT SUCH SCORE TO THEIR HOME HIGH SCHOOL.
   3.  IN ORDER FOR A TEST SUBJECT TO SIT FOR SAT OR ACT THE TEST SUBJECT
 UPON SIGN IN, MUST PROVIDE TO THE APPROPRIATE TEST SITE PERSONNEL AT THE
 TESTING SITE, THE FOLLOWING:
   (A) IF A TEST SUBJECT IS REGISTERED TO TAKE AND IS TAKING THE TEST  AT
 THEIR  HOME HIGH SCHOOL OR IF THE TEST SUBJECT IS REGISTERED TO TAKE THE
 EXAM AND IS TAKING THE EXAM AT A SITE THAT IS  NOT  THE  TEST  SUBJECT'S
 HOME  HIGH  SCHOOL, THE TEST SUBJECT MUST PROVIDE ONE FORM OF ACCEPTABLE
 PHOTO IDENTIFICATION AND A PHOTO ADMISSION TICKET.
   (B) A TEST SUBJECT MUST PRE-REGISTER TO TAKE THE EXAM  AND  MUST  TAKE
 THE EXAM AT THE TESTING SITE AT WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. WALK-INS TO A
 DIFFERENT SITE SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SIT FOR THE EXAM.
   4.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT ANY OTHER TEST
 DAY OR POST TEST DAY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REQUIRED BY THE TEST  AGEN-
 CY.
   §  3. Reporting. The test agencies administering the SAT and ACT shall
 report to the higher education committees in the senate and the assembly
 one year from the effective date of this act. Any further reports  shall
 be given upon request of either committee chair, after a reasonable time
 has  been  given  for  such  test  agencies to compile such report. Such
 report shall include but not be limited to:
   (a) a review of current security procedures;
   (b) the number of cases of suspected test score irregularity;
   (c) the number of canceled test scores per  year  and  the  number  of
 cases referred to the proper authorities; and
   (d) a review of test site personnel training procedures.
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Kenneth P. LaValle

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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