NY State Senate Bill 2019-S347

Senate Bill S347

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the regents exam to be waived for any student who scores a 3, 4 or 5 on the advanced placement examination in the subject of the regents exam

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Delivered to Governor
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2019-S347 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4022
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §208-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2013-2014: S7354
2015-2016: S2699
2017-2018: S2110, A8024
2021-2022: S3342, A2645
2023-2024: A2541

2019-S347 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the regents exam to be waived for any student who scores a 3, 4 or 5 on the advanced placement examination in the subject of the regents exam.

2019-S347 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S347

SPONSOR: FELDER
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
requiring the waiver of the regents examination requirement for certain
students who take advanced placement examinations

 
PURPOSE:

To require the regents exam to be waived for any student who scores a
3,4, or 5 on the advanced placement examination in the subject of the
regents examination

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends the education law by adding a new section
208-b to create a primary school regents waiver to waive the requirement
for a student to take and pass a regents exam for subjects in which the
student took an advanced placement exam and received a 3 or higher.

Section 2 of the bill is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently students in New York State that take advanced coursework and
consequently advanced placement exams are able to receive college level
credit for scores above 3 on such exams. Yet these students must also
take the regents exam in order to receive a high school diploma.
Students who score above a 3 on such exams are widely accepted to have
successfully grasped the academic concepts and demonstrated their know-
ledge adequately on a college level test. The end of the academic semes-
ter is a stressful time of the year with great pressure on the student
to continue to excel. New York State should recognize instances where
students excel instead of requiring the student to once again prove
their academic ability.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S.2110
2015-16: S.2699

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S347 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    347
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  the  waiver
   of  the  regents examination requirement for certain students who take
   advanced placement 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 208-b
 to read as follows:
   § 208-B. HIGH SCHOOL REGENTS EXAMINATION  WAIVER.  THE  REGENTS  SHALL
 WAIVE  THE REQUIREMENT FOR A STUDENT TO TAKE AND PASS A REGENTS EXAMINA-
 TION FOR A SUBJECT IN WHICH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS TAKEN AN  ADVANCED
 PLACEMENT  COURSE  AND  RECEIVED  A 3, 4 OR 5 AS A SCORE ON THE ADVANCED
 PLACEMENT EXAMINATION THEREFOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02614-01-9

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