Bill Text: NY S06446 | 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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION [S06446 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S06446-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          6446

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 11, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        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
        S. 6446                             2

     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.