Bill Text: NY A03750 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Instructs the commissioner of education to prohibit schools from placing state administered test scores on a student's official transcript; further instructs the commissioner of education to alert parents of students that state administered test scores are not included in such student's official transcript.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-27 - held for consideration in education [A03750 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A03750-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 3750 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 28, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO, B. MILLER, DiPIETRO, McDONOUGH, SALKA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to prohibit the use of state examinations to calculate a student's overall grade point average The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. 1. The commissioner of education shall provide that no 2 school district or board of cooperative educational services may place 3 or include on a student's official transcript or maintain in a student's 4 permanent record any individual student score on a state administered 5 standardized English language arts or mathematics assessment for grades 6 three through eight, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to 7 interfere with required state or federal reporting or to excuse a school 8 district from maintaining or transferring records of such test scores 9 separately from a student's permanent record, including for purposes of 10 required state or federal reporting. 11 2. The commissioner of education shall provide that any test results 12 on a state administered standardized English language arts or mathemat- 13 ics assessment for grades three through eight sent to parents or persons 14 in parental relation to a student include a clear and conspicuous notice 15 that such results will not be included on the student's official tran- 16 script or in the student's permanent record and are being provided to 17 the student and parents for diagnostic purposes. 18 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule or regulation to 19 the contrary, the English language arts and mathematics state assess- 20 ments for grades three through eight shall not be utilized in any manner 21 to evaluate, grade, or otherwise determine eligibility for advancement 22 in grades of any student. 23 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08091-01-1