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This bill requires school districts closed due to emergencies during Regents exams to offer students a make-up exam within 30 days.
Why it matters
Ensures students don’t lose graduation or advancement opportunities. By guaranteeing a make-up Regents exam within 30 days after emergency school closures, the bill protects students from being penalized for circumstances beyond their control, such as natural disasters or safety threats.
Creates a standardized state response to emergencies. Instead of leaving make-up exam decisions up to individual districts, this bill requires the Board of Regents to set dates and locations, promoting fairness and consistency across New York State.
Clarifies what qualifies as an “emergency”. The legislation specifically defines emergencies as situations posing immediate risks to health, life, or property, providing clear guidelines for when the policy applies and preventing misuse or confusion.
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Makeup Regents for Emergencies
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Let Students Retake Missed Regents
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Rich Funke
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8806
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
November 25, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing students an opportunity to take regents examinations if missed due to school closure
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. Alternative regents exam testing days due to school closure. Any school district that is closed due to an emergency during a regents examination period is required to provide any student qualified to take such exam as set forth in 8 NYCRR 8.2 an opportunity to take the exam missed within thirty days from the date of the original examination. The board of regents shall select the date for the regents exams and notify school districts of the make-up date and locations. For purposes of this section, "emergency" shall be defined as a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, or property that causes a school district to close.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date is directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07096-01-9
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