Assembly Bill A5859

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the ACT assessment

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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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2019-A5859 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §342, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9884
2015-2016: A4031
2017-2018: A2563

2019-A5859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the ACT assessment; requires that they only have to disclose test contents four times a year.

2019-A5859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5859
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the disclosure of test
   contents
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 10 of section 342 of the
 education law, are relettered paragraphs g and h and a new  paragraph  f
 is added to read as follows:
   F.  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE,  TWO, THREE, FOUR AND SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 NOT APPLY TO THE ACT ASSESSMENT DURING THE NINETEEN HUNDRED  NINETY-SIX-
 -NINETY-SEVEN  TEST  YEAR  OR  ANY  SUBSEQUENT  TEST YEAR SO LONG AS THE
 COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD DISCLOSES IN EACH SUCH TESTING YEAR:
   (I) FOUR TEST FORMS USED TO ADMINISTER THE ACT ASSESSMENT IN NEW YORK,
 OR
   (II) IF FEWER THAN FOUR REGULAR  ACT  ASSESSMENT  ADMINISTRATIONS  ARE
 OFFERED  IN  NEW YORK DURING A TEST YEAR, THE SAME NUMBER OF ACT ASSESS-
 MENT FORMS AS REGULAR ACT ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATIONS IN NEW YORK IN THAT
 TEST YEAR.
   § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 10 of section  342  of  the  education
 law,  as  added by chapter 714 of the laws of 1996, and as relettered by
 section one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
   h. For the purposes of this subdivision,  a  "regular"  administration
 means  a  regular  Saturday major paper-and-pencil administration of the
 SAT I, ACT ASSESSMENT or GRE General Test  or  a  regular  Friday  major
 paper-and-pencil administration of the TOEFL. A "regular" administration
 does  not  include any other administration (whether offered on a Friday
 or Saturday or otherwise), whether a makeup administration, an  adminis-
 tration  for Saturday Sabbath observers, or other special-purpose admin-
 istration, or any individual administration.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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

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