Assembly Actions -
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Jan 09, 2025 |
referred to education |
Assembly Bill A1131
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SANTABARBARA
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2025-A1131 (ACTIVE) - Details
2025-A1131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1131 2025-2026 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the administration of exams to students with disabilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature finds that certain students with disabilities are allowed extended testing time according to their individual education program, or perhaps even accom- modations provided pursuant to regulations promulgated under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The legislature further finds that these students, as a result of this extended time allowance, are being subjected to ten or eleven straight hours of testing when they are required to take two regents exams on the same date. The legislature acknowledges the department of education's need for security concerning the substance of the examination. As such, the legislature understands the department's continuing hesitance to allow these students with disabilities to take the exams on days other than which they had been officially scheduled. However, the benefits of providing these children with respite between each exam far outweighs the potential of one of these students garnering information about the exam from another student who had previously taken the exam. Therefore, it is the intent of this legislature to have the commissioner of education implement a process whereby students with certain disabilities are not required to take more than one regents examination in any given day. § 2. The education law is amended by adding a new section 319 to read as follows: § 319. EXAMINATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES WHICH PROVIDE THAT ANY CHILD WHO HAS EXTENDED TESTING TIME PROVISIONS ON SUCH CHILD'S INDI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01481-01-5
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