STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9555--A IN ASSEMBLY March 20, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZACCARO, GUNTHER, CRUZ, DAVILA, HEVESI, DeSTEFA- NO, MANKTELOW, RAMOS, CHANDLER-WATERMAN, ZEBROWSKI, JONES, BENDETT, BURKE, BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. REYES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to changing the name of the general education development diploma to the Excelsior high school diploma The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 62 to read as follows: 3 62. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to change 4 the name of the state high school equivalency diploma, as established 5 pursuant to the commissioner's regulations, to the Excelsior high school 6 diploma. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 8 have become a law. Effective immediately, the amendment, addition and/or 9 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of 10 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed 11 on or before such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14835-04-4