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- Referred to education
- Delivered to assembly
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- Advanced to third reading
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- 1st report cal.563
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Prohibits alterations from being made to student athletic records
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Amy Paulin
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to prohibiting alterations from being made to student athletic records
Purpose
The bill prohibits alterations from being made to student athletic records without providing notice to the student and the student's parent or legal guardian.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Subdivision 9-a of section 225 of the education law, as added by chapter 443 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
9-a. Knowingly and willfully make an unauthorized and false alteration or representation of any grade, credit, honor, award or standing in the permanent record, athletic record or transcript of any student with respect to a school or college under the supervision of the regents, the commissioner, or the university of the state of New York.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
Existing law
Does not provide for securing a student's records from being changed after the fact.
Justification
A student's athletic ability and her statistics or athletic records were believed to have been changed by an assistant coach while she was in her senior year of high school. Those records were recorded originally by the assistant coach indicating just how well this student performed in sports. More specifically basketball games she participated in for that season. Although the student performed very well, when it came time to apply for scholarships those records had been changed. She and her family discussed, with the coach, the discrepancies with regard to the athletic records nevertheless nothing was done. Nowhere in Education Law does it mention specifically how important athletic records really are. Nor does it address the issue of someone making arbitrary changes to a student's athletic records. This bill recognizes just how important these athletic statistics are for the students but more importantly colleges and universities. A student's exceptional ability to participate in sports is looked at when determining scholarships for students. We must therefore remember that many young people in our communities rely on their athletic ability to attend college. Without these athletic abilities, and these athletic records to prove those abilities, many young people around the state would never be able to afford college. Please join me in supporting this very important legislation.
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Effective date
To take effect immediately
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