Bill Text: NY A03996 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3996 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Increases penalties from $1000 to $2000 for violations relating to test agencies and standardized testing.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A03996 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03996-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3996
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 31, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  increasing  penalties
          for violations relating to test agencies and standardized testing
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 347 of the education law, as amended by chapter 351
     2  of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 347. Violations. Any test agency which violates any section of  this
     4  article  shall  be liable for a civil penalty of not more than [one] two
     5  thousand dollars for each violation.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06247-01-9