Bill Text: NY A06809 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to pre and post test reporting requirements, test site registration and sign in.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to higher education [A06809 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A06809-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6809
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 19, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Higher Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  pre  and  post  test
         reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  340  of  the  education  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  813  of  the laws of 1980, is amended and five new
    3  subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are added to read as follows:
    4    3. "Test subject" means an individual to whom a test  is  administered
    5  OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REGISTERED TO TAKE A TEST.
    6    10.  "HOME  HIGH SCHOOL" MEANS THE HIGH SCHOOL AT WHICH A TEST SUBJECT
    7  IS OR WAS A MATRICULATED STUDENT AT THE TIME OF TESTING.
    8    11. "TESTING SITE" MEANS ANY LOCATION WHERE  A  STANDARDIZED  TEST  IS
    9  ADMINISTERED TO A TEST SUBJECT.
   10    12. "TEST SITE PERSONNEL" MEANS A PERSON PRESENT AT A TESTING SITE WHO
   11  SIGNS  IN TEST SUBJECTS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO TAKE THE TEST AT THAT SITE
   12  AND WHO OVERSEES THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STANDARDIZED TEST. FOR PURPOSES
   13  OF THIS DEFINITION, TESTING SITE  PERSONNEL  MAY  INCLUDE,  BUT  NOT  BE
   14  LIMITED TO, A PROCTOR, TEST CENTER SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OR A
   15  ROOM  PROCTOR.  EACH  MAY  HAVE  A DIFFERENT ROLE IN TEST ADMINISTRATION
   16  OVERSIGHT.
   17    13. "ACCEPTABLE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION" MEANS  A  SCHOOL  IDENTIFICATION
   18  CARD,  A  SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION FORM PREPARED BY THE HOME HIGH SCHOOL, A
   19  STATE-ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSE, A STATE-ISSUED  NON-DRIVER'S  LICENSE,  A
   20  PASSPORT,  A  MILITARY  IDENTIFICATION CARD OR A GOVERNMENT ISSUED IDEN-
   21  TIFICATION CARD. THE PHOTOGRAPH ON ANY SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD MUST  BE
   22  A CURRENT REPRESENTATION OF THE TEST TAKER'S IMAGE.
   23    14.  "PHOTO ADMISSION TICKET" MEANS A TICKET ASSIGNED TO A TEST REGIS-
   24  TRANT, UPON REGISTERING TO TAKE THE ACT  ASSESSMENT  (ACT)  OR  THE  SAT
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06205-01-3
       A. 6809                             2
    1  WHICH  IS  PRODUCED BY THE TEST AGENCY ACCORDING TO SUCH AGENCY'S RULES,
    2  REGULATIONS OR PROTOCOLS.
    3    S  2.  The  education  law is amended by adding a new section 344-d to
    4  read as follows:
    5    S 344-D. PRE AND POST TEST REPORTING  REQUIREMENTS  AND  TESTING  SITE
    6  REGISTRATION  AND SIGN IN REQUIREMENTS. 1. THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY APPLY
    7  TO UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE ADMISSION EXAMS SUCH AS  THE  SAT  OR  THE  ACT
    8  ASSESSMENT (ACT).
    9    2. (A) UPON REGISTERING TO SIT FOR THE SAT OR ACT A TEST SUBJECT SHALL
   10  REPORT  TO  THEIR  HOME  HIGH  SCHOOL THE TESTING SITE AT WHICH THEY ARE
   11  REGISTERED TO TAKE THE EXAM;
   12    (B) UPON COMPLETION OF THE EXAM AND RECEIPT OF THEIR SCORE,  THE  TEST
   13  SUBJECT MUST REPORT SUCH SCORE TO THEIR HOME HIGH SCHOOL.
   14    3.  IN ORDER FOR A TEST SUBJECT TO SIT FOR SAT OR ACT THE TEST SUBJECT
   15  UPON SIGN IN, MUST PROVIDE TO THE APPROPRIATE TEST SITE PERSONNEL AT THE
   16  TESTING SITE, THE FOLLOWING:
   17    (A) IF A TEST SUBJECT IS REGISTERED TO TAKE AND IS TAKING THE TEST  AT
   18  THEIR  HOME HIGH SCHOOL OR IF THE TEST SUBJECT IS REGISTERED TO TAKE THE
   19  EXAM AND IS TAKING THE EXAM AT A SITE THAT IS  NOT  THE  TEST  SUBJECT'S
   20  HOME  HIGH  SCHOOL, THE TEST SUBJECT MUST PROVIDE ONE FORM OF ACCEPTABLE
   21  PHOTO IDENTIFICATION AND A PHOTO ADMISSION TICKET.
   22    (B) A TEST SUBJECT MUST PRE-REGISTER TO TAKE THE EXAM  AND  MUST  TAKE
   23  THE EXAM AT THE TESTING SITE AT WHICH THEY ARE REGISTERED. WALK-INS TO A
   24  DIFFERENT SITE SHALL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SIT FOR THE EXAM.
   25    4.  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT ANY OTHER TEST
   26  DAY OR POST TEST DAY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REQUIRED BY THE TEST  AGEN-
   27  CY.
   28    S  3. Reporting. The test agencies administering the SAT and ACT shall
   29  report to the higher education committees in the senate and the assembly
   30  one year from the effective date of this act. Any further reports  shall
   31  be given upon request of either committee chair, after a reasonable time
   32  has  been  given  for  such  test  agencies to compile such report. Such
   33  report shall include but not be limited to:
   34    (a) a review of current security procedures;
   35    (b) the number of cases of suspected test score irregularity;
   36    (c) the number of canceled test scores per  year  and  the  number  of
   37  cases referred to the proper authorities; and
   38    (d) a review of test site personnel training procedures.
   39    S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
   40  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.