Requires the commissioner of education to reschedule cancelled regents examinations within 20 business days of the original date.

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S3803B-2011 Actions

• Jun 13, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 3803B
• Jun 13, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• May 11, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3803A
• May 9, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 4, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 3, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.456
• Mar 4, 2011: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S3803B-2011 Votes

S3803B-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S3803B

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the education law, in relation to rescheduling regents
examinations

PURPOSE:
Requires the Commissioner of Education to reschedule cancelled Regents
examinations.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends section 305 of the education law by adding a new
subdivision 43.

Section two is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
Currently the State Education Commissioner has the authority to
reschedule Regent exams at their discretion. For example, the
Commissioner could decide to reschedule an exam months after the
original exam was cancelled. This is not fair to the students who put
a lot of study time and effort toward preparing for the exam. The
longer the exam is delayed and eventually rescheduled, the more
difficult it is for students to retain the information they learned
in preparation for the exam. It also places a burden on teachers who
have worked hard on instructing their students to prepare for the
exam and it takes away the teachers ability to focus on their regular
course of instruction that is required for the rest of the year;
therefore, this bill is necessary to ensure that there is a uniform
statewide statute and timeline for the Commissioner of Education to
reschedule Regents examinations.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S3803B-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   3803--B

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                March 4, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Education  --  reported
    favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first and second report,
    ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered  reprinted,  retaining
    its  place in the order of third reading -- recommitted to the Commit-
    tee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
    discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
    to said committee

  AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  rescheduling  regents
    examinations

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
  subdivision 43 to read as follows:

    43. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL RESCHEDULE, WITHIN  TWENTY  BUSINESS  DAYS,
  ANY REGENTS EXAMINATION THAT WAS CANCELLED FOR ANY REASON.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD09983-07-2