Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 21, 2012 |
committed to rules |
Jun 18, 2012 |
amended on third reading (t) 7088a |
Jun 11, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 06, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 05, 2012 |
1st report cal.1092 |
Apr 27, 2012 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S7088
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2011-S7088 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§340, 344 & 344-b, add §344-d, Ed L; add §§170.80, 170.85 & 190.71, amd §190.25, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
S2220
2011-S7088 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7088 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to pre and post test reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in; and to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes forgery of an educational test, criminal facilitation of educational testing fraud, and scheme to defraud educational testing PURPOSE: To amend the education law to authorize testing agencies to temporarily suspend a standardized test score and turn a case over to proper author- ities upon a finding that substantial evidence exists to suspect that a test subject committed forgery of an education test and to report such information to the test subject's home high school and to certain colleges and universities; to require test subjects to provide certain forms of identification in order to sit for a standardized test and to amend the penal law to criminalize certain behavior in relation to cheating on an exam. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends section 340 of the education law to add four new defi- nitions to Article 7A. Section 2: Amends section 344 of the education law to clarify that test agencies can report the cancellation of a test pursuant to subdivision
2011-S7088 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7088 I N S E N A T E April 27, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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 pre and post test reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in; and to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crimes forgery of an educational test, criminal facilitation of educational testing fraud, and scheme to defraud educational testing THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 340 of the education law, as amended by chapter 813 of the laws of 1980, is amended and five new subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are added to read as follows: 3. "Test subject" means an individual to whom a test is administered OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REGISTERED TO TAKE A TEST. 10. "HOME HIGH SCHOOL" MEANS THE HIGH SCHOOL AT WHICH A TEST SUBJECT IS OR WAS A MATRICULATED STUDENT AT THE TIME OF TESTING. 11. "TESTING SITE" MEANS ANY LOCATION WHERE A STANDARDIZED TEST IS ADMINISTERED TO A TEST SUBJECT. 12. "TEST SITE PERSONNEL" MEANS A PERSON PRESENT AT A TESTING SITE WHO SIGNS IN TEST SUBJECTS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO TAKE THE TEST AT THAT SITE AND WHO OVERSEES THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STANDARDIZED TEST. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DEFINITION, TESTING SITE PERSONNEL MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A PROCTOR, TEST CENTER SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OR A ROOM PROCTOR. EACH MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE IN TEST ADMINISTRATION OVERSIGHT. 13. "ACCEPTABLE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION" MEANS A SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION CARD, A SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION FORM PREPARED BY THE HOME HIGH SCHOOL, A STATE-ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSE, A STATE-ISSUED NON-DRIVER'S LICENSE, A PASSPORT, A MILITARY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR A GOVERNMENT ISSUED IDEN- TIFICATION CARD. THE PHOTOGRAPH ON ANY SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD MUST BE A CURRENT REPRESENTATION OF THE TEST TAKER'S IMAGE. 14. "PHOTO ADMISSION TICKET" MEANS A TICKET ASSIGNED TO A TEST REGIS- TRANT, UPON REGISTERING TO TAKE THE ACT ASSESSMENT (ACT) OR THE SCHOLAS- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15560-01-2
2011-S7088A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§340, 344 & 344-b, add §344-d, Ed L; add §§170.80, 170.85 & 190.71, amd §190.25, Pen L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
S2220
2011-S7088A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7088A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to pre and post test reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in; and to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of criminal facilitation of educational testing fraud PURPOSE: To amend the education law to authorize testing agencies to temporarily suspend a standardized test score and turn a case over to proper authorities upon a finding that substantial evidence of test irregularity exists and to report such information to the test subject's home high school to require test subjects to provide certain forms of identification in order to sit for a standardized test and to amend the penal law to criminalize certain behavior in relation to cheating on an exam. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends section 340 of the education law to add four new definitions to Article 7 A. Section 2: Amends section 344 of the education law to clarify that test agencies can report the cancellation of a test pursuant to subdivision eight-a of section 344-b of the education law.
2011-S7088A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7088--A Cal. No. 1092 I N S E N A T E April 27, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher 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 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to pre and post test reporting requirements and test site registration and sign in; and to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of criminal facilitation of educational testing fraud THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 340 of the education law, as amended by chapter 813 of the laws of 1980, is amended and five new subdivisions 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 are added to read as follows: 3. "Test subject" means an individual to whom a test is administered OR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS REGISTERED TO TAKE A TEST. 10. "HOME HIGH SCHOOL" MEANS THE HIGH SCHOOL AT WHICH A TEST SUBJECT IS OR WAS A MATRICULATED STUDENT AT THE TIME OF TESTING. 11. "TESTING SITE" MEANS ANY LOCATION WHERE A STANDARDIZED TEST IS ADMINISTERED TO A TEST SUBJECT. 12. "TEST SITE PERSONNEL" MEANS A PERSON PRESENT AT A TESTING SITE WHO SIGNS IN TEST SUBJECTS WHO ARE REGISTERED TO TAKE THE TEST AT THAT SITE AND WHO OVERSEES THE ADMINISTRATION OF A STANDARDIZED TEST. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DEFINITION, TESTING SITE PERSONNEL MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A PROCTOR, TEST CENTER SUPERVISOR, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OR A ROOM PROCTOR. EACH MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE IN TEST ADMINISTRATION OVERSIGHT. 13. "ACCEPTABLE PHOTO IDENTIFICATION" MEANS A SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION CARD, A SCHOOL IDENTIFICATION FORM PREPARED BY THE HOME HIGH SCHOOL, A STATE-ISSUED DRIVER'S LICENSE, A STATE-ISSUED NON-DRIVER'S LICENSE, A PASSPORT, A MILITARY IDENTIFICATION CARD OR A GOVERNMENT ISSUED IDEN- TIFICATION CARD. THE PHOTOGRAPH ON ANY SUCH IDENTIFICATION CARD MUST BE A CURRENT REPRESENTATION OF THE TEST TAKER'S IMAGE. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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