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Waive Regents for AP Scores
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Waive Regents for AP Scores
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Alicia Hyndman
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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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 208-b to read as follows:
§ 208-b. High school regents examination waiver. The regents shall waive the requirement for a student to take and pass a regents examination for a subject in which a high school student has taken an advanced placement course and received a 3, 4 or 5 as a score on the advanced placement examination therefor.
§ 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
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Title of bill
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
Purpose
To require 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 examination
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends the education law by adding a new section 208-b to create a primary school regents waiver to waive the requirement for a student to take and pass a regents exam for subjects in which the student took an advanced placement exam and received a 3 or higher.
Section 2 of the bill is the enacting clause.
Justification
Currently students in New York State that take advanced coursework and consequently advanced placement exams are able to receive college level credit for scores above 3 on such exams. Yet these students must also take the regents exam in order to receive a high school diploma. Students who score above a 3 on such exams are widely accepted to have successfully grasped the academic concepts and demonstrated their knowledge adequately on a college level test. The end of the academic semester is a stressful time of the year with great pressure on the student to continue to excel. New York State should recognize instances where students excel instead of requiring the student to once again prove their academic ability.
Fiscal implications
Undetermined
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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