Bill Text: NY A02923 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a common articulation policy at the state of New York and city of New York university systems for granting college credit bearing coursework based upon successful performance on standardized exams completed by high school students.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to higher education [A02923 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02923-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          2923
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 28, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. PICHARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Higher Education
        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing a common
          articulation policy at the state of New York  and  city  of  New  York
          university  systems  for  granting  college  credit bearing coursework
          based upon successful performance on standardized exams  completed  by
          high school students
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
     3    2-b. The state university trustees shall establish  a  consistent  and
     4  evidence-based  policy  for  accepting  and  granting comparable college
     5  credit for demonstrating college level performance  by  earning  passing
     6  scores on standardized exams in high school. The policy shall be adopted
     7  and  implemented  for students enrolling in any state university campus,
     8  effective for the two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one  academic
     9  year and thereafter.
    10    a.  The policy shall be developed based on the findings of a study and
    11  shall include: (i)  in  consultation  with  the  system's  institutions,
    12  student  advisory  groups  and other interested parties, a review by the
    13  state university trustees of findings and academic performance data  for
    14  students successfully passing one or more Advanced Placement Exams prior
    15  to  enrolling  in  a  state  university or college; and (ii) measures of
    16  academic performance, retention rates, and graduation rates of  students
    17  who  complete  a  lower-division course at the state university's insti-
    18  tutions of higher education compared to students who receive credit  for
    19  a comparable college course, disaggregated by score, based upon Advanced
    20  Placement, College Level Examination Program (CLEP) International Bacca-
    21  laureate (IB) Examinations.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06375-01-9
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     1    b. Each institution in the state university system shall submit to the
     2  state university trustees the data requested for the purpose of complet-
     3  ing this study in a timely manner.
     4    c.  Not  later  than  January  first,  two  thousand twenty, the state
     5  university trustees shall establish a consistent policy,  based  on  the
     6  findings of the study required by this subdivision, for granting college
     7  credit established by evidence of passing scores on standardized college
     8  level exams completed in high school.
     9    §  2.  Section  6206  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
    10  subdivision 20 to read as follows:
    11    20. The board of trustees shall establish a  consistent  and  evidence
    12  based  policy  for  accepting and granting college credit for successful
    13  performance on college level standardized exams taken by students  while
    14  in high school. The policy shall be adopted and implemented for students
    15  enrolling  in  any city university campus effective for the two thousand
    16  twenty--two thousand twenty-one academic year and thereafter.
    17    a. The policy shall be developed based on the findings of a study  and
    18  shall  include:  (i)  in  consultation  with  the system's institutions,
    19  student advisory groups and other interested parties, a  review  by  the
    20  board of trustees of findings and academic performance data for students
    21  successfully passing one or more Advanced Placement, College Level Exam-
    22  ination Program (CLEP), and International Baccalaureate (IB) Exams prior
    23  to enrolling in a state university college; and (ii) measures of academ-
    24  ic  performance,  retention  rates, and graduation rates of students who
    25  complete a lower-division course at the city  university's  institutions
    26  of higher education compared to students who receive credit for a compa-
    27  rable college course, disaggregated by score, based upon Advanced Place-
    28  ment Examinations.
    29    b.  Each institution in the city university system shall submit to the
    30  board of trustees the data requested for the purpose of completing  this
    31  study in a timely manner.
    32    c.  Not  later  than  January first, two thousand twenty, the board of
    33  trustees shall establish a consistent policy, based on the  findings  of
    34  the  study  required  by  this  subdivision, for granting college credit
    35  established by evidence of passing scores on standardized college  level
    36  exams completed in high school.
    37    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.