Bill Text: NY S02110 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires the regents exam to be waived for any student who scores a 3, 4 or 5 on the advanced placement examination in the subject of the regents exam.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S02110 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S02110-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2110 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 12, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring the waiver of the regents examination requirement for certain students who take advanced placement examinations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 208-b 2 to read as follows: 3 § 208-b. High school regents examination waiver. The regents shall 4 waive the requirement for a student to take and pass a regents examina- 5 tion for a subject in which a high school student has taken an advanced 6 placement course and received a 3, 4 or 5 as a score on the advanced 7 placement examination therefor. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04801-01-7