Assembly Bill A834

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to student eligibility for a high school diploma upon passing either a regents competency test or regents examination in certain subjects

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-A834 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S189
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §319, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7569, S5362
2017-2018: A5865, S2229, S2499
2021-2022: A3257, S177

2019-A834 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to student eligibility for a high school diploma upon passing either a regents competency test or regents examination in certain subjects.

2019-A834 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    834
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. WALSH, ASHBY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
   B. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  regents  competency
   examinations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to
 read as follows:
   § 319. REGENTS COMPETENCY EXAMINATIONS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW,
 RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, A STUDENT FIRST ENTERING GRADE  NINE
 IN  THE TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN -- TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN SCHOOL YEAR SHALL
 BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA UPON COMPLETING THE  REQUI-
 SITE  NUMBER OF CREDITS AS DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSIONER AND BY PASSING
 EITHER A REGENTS COMPETENCY TEST  OR  REGENTS  EXAMINATION  IN  ENGLISH,
 MATHEMATICS,  UNITED  STATES  HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE AND GLOBAL
 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02836-01-9

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