Bill Text: NY S03432 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prevents certain public institutions of higher education from using the scholastic aptitude test and ACT assessment in the admissions process on and after the two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five academic year for New York resident applicants; requires SUNY and CUNY to create a new standardized test by the two thousand twenty-eight--two thousand twenty-nine academic year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S03432 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S03432-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          3432

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 31, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education

        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to public  higher  educa-
          tion admissions and standardized testing

          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  340-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  340-a. Public higher education admissions and standardized testing.
     4  1. For all public institutions of higher education, except  such  insti-
     5  tutions that are considered statutory colleges under this chapter:
     6    (a)  The use of current standardized test requirements for undergradu-
     7  ate admissions of New York resident applicants shall be suspended  until
     8  the two thousand twenty-eight--two thousand twenty-nine academic year.
     9    (b)  For  enrollment  decisions for New York state resident applicants
    10  for the two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five and two thou-
    11  sand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six academic years, shall have the
    12  option to use the scholastic  aptitude  test  and  ACT  assessment  test
    13  scores in selection consideration if students choose to submit them.
    14    (c)  For  enrollment  decisions for New York state resident applicants
    15  for the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven and two thou-
    16  sand twenty-seven--two thousand twenty-eight academic years,  shall  not
    17  consider  standardized  test  scores  for admissions selection and shall
    18  practice test-blind admissions selection for  New  York  state  resident
    19  applicants.
    20    2.  (a)  The board of trustees of the state university of New York and
    21  the board of trustees for the city university of  New  York  shall  each
    22  identify  and create a new test that aligns with the content the respec-
    23  tive institutions expect students should have  mastered  to  demonstrate
    24  college readiness for students entering such institutions.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03477-01-3
        S. 3432                             2

     1    (b)  If  the board of trustees of the state university of New York and
     2  the board of trustees for the city university of New York are unable  to
     3  either  modify  or  create  a  test that meets these criteria and can be
     4  available for applicants for the two thousand twenty-eight--two thousand
     5  twenty-nine  academic  year, the respective institutions shall eliminate
     6  altogether the use of the scholastic aptitude test  and  ACT  assessment
     7  for admissions selection for New York state resident applicants.
     8    (c)  The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the
     9  board of trustees for the city university of New York shall consult with
    10  kindergarten through twelfth grade educators, test experts, institutions
    11  within the respective systems and faculty of those institutions to eval-
    12  uate how best to construct a test better suited for  the  needs  of  the
    13  systems.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.