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History
- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1329
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Reported and committed to education
- Referred to new york city education subcommittee
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
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- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.1117
- Reported and committed to education
- Committee discharged and committed to new york city education subcommittee
- Referred to education
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5365
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, the public health law, the social services law and the correction law, in relation to high school equivalency exams
Purpose
To update various statutes to replace references to the proprietary GED with the more general high school equivalency exam to reflect current New York State Education Department practices.
Read the full memo (648 words)
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends section 317 of the education law to replace general education development exam with high school equivalency exam.
Section 2: Amends subdivision 4 of section 2807-g of the public health law to replace general equivalency diploma with high school equivalency diploma.
Section 3: Amends clause (ii) of subparagraph 8 of paragraph h of subdivision 2 of section 355 of the education law to replace general equivalency diploma with high school equivalency diploma.
Section 4: Amends subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of the education law to replace general equivalency diploma with high school equivalency diploma.
Section 5: Amends subparagraph ii of paragraph (a-1) of subdivision 7 of section 6206 of education law to replace general equivalency diploma with high school equivalency diploma.
Section 6: Amends paragraph (ii) of subdivision 5 of section 6301 of the education law to replace general equivalency diploma with high school equivalency diploma.
Section 7: Amends paragraph (k) of subdivision 1 of section 336 of the social services law to general equivalency with high school equivalency.
Section 8: Amends subdivision 19 of section 2 of the correction law to GED with high school equivalency exam.
Section 9: Amends subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 803 of the correction law to replace general equivalency diploma with high school equivalency diploma.
Section 10: Amends subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of section 803 of the correction law to replace general equivalency diploma with high school equivalency diploma.
Section 11: Sets forth the effective date.
Existing law
None.
Justification
The legislature supports the efforts of the Board of Regents in developing a rich educational system that provides multiple pathways to graduation, college, and career. An integral component of
this goal, is the pathway to a High School Equivalency Diploma. The Regulations of the Commissioner of Education establish the standards for issuing a High School Equivalency Diploma in New York State. In 20011, 226,000 New Yorkers passed the GED and were entitled to receive a High School Equivalency Diploma.
For many years, the only assessment-based pathway to obtaining a High School Equivalency Diploma was the successful passage of the general educational development exam (GED), Because providing this alternate pathway to a diploma is recognized as an important priority for the state, as the New York State Education Department subsidized exam, the GEDù exam is offered to New York residents at no cost. However, on January 1, 2014 the GED will no longer be the state subsidized high school equivalency exam.
Over the years, the because it was the only exam subsidized by the state, the GED became synonymous with the New York State high school equivalency exam. This legislation is necessary to make the requisite changes to properly reflect the statute and regulations by removing the proprietary name from statute and replacing, it with the more general term of high school equivalency, This change is reflected in both the 2013-2014 Executive Budget appropriate bill, as well as New York State Education Regulations. This bill is intended to follow suit and remove all references to the proprietary name from statute and replace it with the currently used, more general term of high school equivalency exam. This bill is necessary to ensure a seamless transition away from the GED to the newly selected high school equivalency exam, Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) offered by CTB/McGraw Hill.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on January 1, 2014.
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