Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the state high school equivalency diploma, formerly known as the general education development (GED) program, to the Excelsior high school diploma.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-3)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-20 - referred to education [A09555 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember John Zaccaro [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-080	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Aileen Gunther [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-100	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Catalina Cruz [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Maritza Davila [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-053	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Joseph DeStefano [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Brian Manktelow [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-130	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Philip Ramos [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Monique Chandler-Waterman [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-096	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember D. Billy Jones [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-115	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Scott Bendett [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-107	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Karines Reyes [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-087	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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