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Relates to including scores for international baccalaureate examinations as eligible criteria for receiving a NYS achievement and investment merit scholarship
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Patricia Fahy
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to including scores for international baccalaureate examinations as eligible criteria for receiving a New York state achievement and investment in merit scholarship
Purpose
To ensure that high school students participating in International Baccalaureate (IB) programs are not excluded from being considered for a NYS Achievement and Investment Merit Scholarship (NY-AIMS).
Summary of provisions
Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 669-g of the education law, as added by section 1 of part Z of chapter 56 of the laws of 2015 is amended.
Justification
The NYS Achievement and Investment Merit Scholarship was created last year by the Legislature to offer higher education financial assistance to students who have achieved academic excellence in high school and plan to enroll in a public or private college in New York state immediately after graduation. As currently written, the criteria requires students to have graduated with two of the following: a grade point average of 3.3 or higher; graduated with honors on a New York State Regents diploma or received a score of 3 or higher on two or more Advanced Placement (AP) exams; or graduated within the top 15% of his or her high school class.
Unfortunately, the existing criteria does not contain a mechanism for students participating in International Baccalaureate programs to apply or be eligible for the scholarship. There are more than 50 high schools across the state that offer the IB diploma and hundreds of students that would otherwise be eligible. The bill language simply adds comparable qualifying criteria for IB students who have also achieved academic excellence.
Prior legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
Minimal
Effective date
Immediately
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