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                                  1196--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMANOWITZ, COOK, WOERNER, RAIA, LAWRENCE, LALOR,
   ARROYO, HARRIS, GOODELL, OAKS, PALUMBO, AUBRY -- Multi-Sponsored by --
   M.  of A.   BLANKENBUSH, HAWLEY, LOPEZ, LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO,
   THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher  Education
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission into  insti-
   tutions of higher education for pupils receiving home instruction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  312-a
 to read as follows:
   § 312-A. FAIR PRACTICES FOR HOME SCHOOL APPLICANTS. 1. THE COMMISSION-
 ER  SHALL  NOT  REQUIRE  A PUPIL WHO HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIREMENTS OF A
 HOME INSTRUCTION EDUCATION OR A NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND  WHO  HAS
 SUBMITTED  TEST SCORES AND OTHER ADMISSIONS MATERIAL USED BY POST-SECON-
 DARY INSTITUTIONS THAT QUALIFY THE PUPIL FOR ADMISSION TO AN INSTITUTION
 OF HIGHER EDUCATION OR AN INSTITUTION REGULATED BY THE BUREAU OF PROPRI-
 ETARY SCHOOL SUPERVISION, TO OBTAIN OR SUBMIT PROOF OF HAVING OBTAINED A
 GENERAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE OR ANY ACCREDITED DIPLOMA.
   2. A PUPIL WHO HAS COMPLETED THE REQUIREMENTS OF  A  HOME  INSTRUCTION
 EDUCATION OR NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM SHALL BE REQUIRED TO PRESENT A NOTARIZED
 TRANSCRIPT,  WHICH DEMONSTRATES COMPLETION OF A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION IN
 A HOME INSTRUCTION OR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING,  FOR  ADMISSION  TO  AN
 INSTITUTION  OF  HIGHER  EDUCATION  OR  AN  INSTITUTION REGULATED BY THE
 BUREAU OF PROPRIETARY SCHOOL SUPERVISION AND SUCH  TRANSCRIPT  SHALL  BE
 ACCEPTED  AND THE PUPIL ADMITTED ON AN EQUAL BASIS WITH ALL OTHER APPLI-
 CANTS, REGARDLESS OF EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND.
   3. THE HOME INSTRUCTION OR NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM GRADUATE SHALL BE ELIGI-
 BLE TO RECEIVE THEIR EARNED POST-SECONDARY DEGREE,  DIPLOMA  OR  CERTIF-
 ICATE  WHEN  THEY  HAVE FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST-SECONDARY
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02883-03-7

 A. 1196--A                          2
 
 DEGREE OR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND SUCH DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE CANNOT  BE
 WITHHELD.
   4.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION "INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION"
 SHALL MEAN ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION RECOGNIZED  AND  APPROVED
 BY  THE REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR REGULATED BY
 THE BUREAU OF PROPRIETARY SCHOOL SUPERVISION WHICH PROVIDES A COURSE  OF
 STUDY  LEADING  TO THE GRANTING OF A POST-SECONDARY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA OR
 CERTIFICATE.
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
 succeeding  the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply
 to undergraduate admissions to an institution of higher education for  a
 term or semester that begins on or after such date.