Bill Text: NY A04031 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the ACT assessment; requires that they only have to disclose test contents four times a year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A04031 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04031-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4031
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the disclosure of test
         contents
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 10 of section 342 of the
    2  education law, are relettered paragraphs g and h and a new  paragraph  f
    3  is added to read as follows:
    4    F.  SUBDIVISIONS  ONE,  TWO, THREE, FOUR AND SIX OF THIS SECTION SHALL
    5  NOT APPLY TO THE ACT ASSESSMENT DURING THE NINETEEN HUNDRED  NINETY-SIX-
    6  -NINETY-SEVEN  TEST  YEAR  OR  ANY  SUBSEQUENT  TEST YEAR SO LONG AS THE
    7  COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION BOARD DISCLOSES IN EACH SUCH TESTING YEAR:
    8    (I) FOUR TEST FORMS USED TO ADMINISTER THE ACT ASSESSMENT IN NEW YORK,
    9  OR
   10    (II) IF FEWER THAN FOUR REGULAR  ACT  ASSESSMENT  ADMINISTRATIONS  ARE
   11  OFFERED  IN  NEW YORK DURING A TEST YEAR, THE SAME NUMBER OF ACT ASSESS-
   12  MENT FORMS AS REGULAR ACT ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATIONS IN NEW YORK IN THAT
   13  TEST YEAR.
   14    S 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 10 of section  342  of  the  education
   15  law,  as  added by chapter 714 of the laws of 1996, and as relettered by
   16  section one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
   17    h. For the purposes of this subdivision,  a  "regular"  administration
   18  means  a  regular  Saturday major paper-and-pencil administration of the
   19  SAT I, ACT ASSESSMENT or GRE General Test  or  a  regular  Friday  major
   20  paper-and-pencil administration of the TOEFL. A "regular" administration
   21  does  not  include any other administration (whether offered on a Friday
   22  or Saturday or otherwise), whether a makeup administration, an  adminis-
   23  tration  for Saturday Sabbath observers, or other special-purpose admin-
   24  istration, or any individual administration.
   25    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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