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Assembly Bill A9558

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to international baccalaureate examinations

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2017-A9558 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7056
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§809 & 669-g, Ed L

2017-A9558 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to international baccalaureate examinations.

2017-A9558 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9558
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  international  bacca-
   laureate examinations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of subdivision 5 of section 809 of  the  educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 542 of the laws of 1994, is amended to
 read as follows:
   b. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision  of  this  section,  the
 commissioner  may,  upon the submission of a written program plan, issue
 to such school a  written  waiver  of  such  restrictions  for  students
 subject  to  the following provisions: (i) the student shall be in grade
 ten, eleven, or twelve; and (ii) the student shall be under  the  super-
 vision  of  one  or  more  teachers  certified in science; and (iii) the
 student shall be pursuing an accelerated course of study in the sciences
 as defined by the commissioner in preparation  for  taking  a  state  or
 national  advanced placement examination OR INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE.
 The commissioner shall issue a  waiver  of  such  restrictions  for  any
 teacher  certified  in  science  instructing  such  student. The written
 program plan shall include, but not be limited to: (i)  the  educational
 basis  for  requesting  a  waiver;  (ii)  the objective of the lesson or
 experiment; (iii) the methods and techniques to be used;  and  (iv)  any
 other information required by the commissioner.
   §  2.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 2 of section 669-g of the education
 law, as added by section 1 of part Z of chapter 56 of the laws of  2015,
 is amended to read as follows:
   b.  graduated  with  a  "with  honors" distinction on a New York state
 regents diploma [or], received a score of 3 or higher  on  two  or  more
 advanced  placement examinations, RECEIVED A SCORE OF 3 OR HIGHER ON ONE
 OR  MORE  INTERNATIONAL  BACCALAUREATE  HIGHER  LEVEL  EXAMINATIONS,  OR
 RECEIVED  A  SCORE OF 4 OR HIGHER ON ONE OR MORE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAU-
 REATE STANDARD LEVEL EXAMINATIONS; or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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