What's happening
This bill requires the commissioner to reschedule any cancelled Regents examination within twenty business days.
Why it matters
Ensures students have timely access to make-up Regents exams. , reducing uncertainty and minimizing disruption to graduation timelines or course placements caused by cancellations.
Creates a clear legal obligation for the state education commissioner to act quickly. , which can help schools, students, and families plan ahead and avoid prolonged academic limbo.
Addresses potential equity issues. by guaranteeing that all students, regardless of the reason for cancellation (e.g., weather, emergencies), have the same window for rescheduled exams, helping prevent disparities in access to critical state assessments.
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Reschedule Cancelled Regents Exams
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
457
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- 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 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 57 to read as follows:
57. 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.
LBD05303-01-9
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to rescheduling regents examinations
Purpose
Requires the Commissioner of Education to reschedule cancelled Regents examinations.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one amends section 305 of the education law by adding a new subdivision 57.
Section two is the effective date.
Justification
Currently the State Education Commissioner has the authority to resched- ule Regent exams at their discretion. For example, the Commissioner could decide to reschedule an exam months after the original exam was cancelled. This is not fair to the students who put a lot of study time and effort toward preparing for the exam. The longer the exam is delayed and eventually rescheduled, the more difficult it is for students to retain the information they learned in preparation for the exam. It also places a burden on teachers who have worked hard on instructing their students to prepare for the exam and it takes away the teachers ability to focus on their regular course of instruction that is required for the rest of the year; therefore, this bill is necessary to ensure that there is a uniform statewide statute and timeline for the Commissioner of Education to reschedule Regents examinations.
Legislative history
2018: S.5281-A - Died on Third Reading Calendar 2017: S.5281 - Passed Senate / A.6889 - Referred to Education 2016: S.4656 - Passed Senate / A.3139 - Referred to Education 2015: S.4656 - Passed Senate / A.3139 - Referred to Education 2014: S.2489 - Passed Senate / A.4173-A - Referred to Education 2013: S.2489 - Referred to Education/A.4173 - Referred to Education 2012: S.2803 - Referred to Education /A.6597 - Referred to Education 2011: S.3803 - 3rd Reading Calendar / A.6597 - Referred to Education
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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