What's happening
This bill requires the commissioner to reschedule any cancelled Regents examination within twenty business days.
Why it matters
Minimizes academic disruption. Requiring a rescheduled Regents exam within twenty business days helps ensure students’ academic progress and graduation timelines are not derailed by unexpected cancellations (due to weather, emergencies, etc.).
Promotes fairness and equity. All students, regardless of where or why an exam was cancelled, are guaranteed a timely second opportunity, which helps level the playing field, especially for those relying on these exams for graduation or course advancement.
Reduces uncertainty and stress. By mandating a clear timeframe, the bill provides students, families, and schools with predictability and reduces the anxiety associated with waiting for rescheduling decisions.
Improves accountability for the education system. This amendment sets a legal standard for the education commissioner’s response, making the process for handling cancelled exams more transparent and reliable.
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Reschedule Cancelled Regents Exams
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6889
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 23, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to rescheduling regents examinations
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 56 to read as follows:
56. The commissioner shall reschedule, within twenty business days, any regents examination that was cancelled for any reason.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02585-01-7
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