Bill Text: NY S01254 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to providing students an opportunity to take regents examinations if missed due to school closure.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01254 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S01254-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          1254
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by Sens. FUNKE, LARKIN -- 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 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 Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  208-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  208-b. Alternative regents exam testing days due to school closure.
     4  Any school district that is closed due to an emergency during a  regents
     5  examination  period is required to provide any student qualified to take
     6  such exam as set forth in 8 NYCRR 8.2 an opportunity to  take  the  exam
     7  missed within thirty days from the date of the original examination. The
     8  board  of regents shall select the date for the regents exams and notify
     9  school districts of the make-up date and locations. For purposes of this
    10  section, "emergency" shall be defined as a situation that poses an imme-
    11  diate risk to health, life, or property that causes a school district to
    12  close.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided,  however,  the
    14  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    15  for the implementation of this act on its effective date is directed  to
    16  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.
                                                                   LBD04219-01-7
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