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Senate Bill S344

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires that academic credit toward a high school diploma be given for practical experience gained outside of school during high school

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2019-S344 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3980
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7355
2015-2016: S2471
2017-2018: S2104, A8025
2021-2022: S3345, A2639
2023-2024: S2356, A2308
2025-2026: S3784

2019-S344 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that academic credit toward a high school diploma be given for practical experience gained outside of school during high school.

2019-S344 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S344 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    344
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  providing  academic
   credit toward a high school diploma for practical experience

   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 57 to read as follows:
   57. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY RULE OF  THE  REGENTS  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  PROVIDING ACADEMIC CREDIT, WHICH
 SHALL BE UTILIZED IN THE AWARDING OF ALL TYPES OF HIGH SCHOOL  DIPLOMAS,
 FOR  PRACTICAL  EXPERIENCE  RECEIVED  BY  STUDENTS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
 SUBJECT TO THE RULES OF THE COMMISSIONER, PRACTICAL  EXPERIENCE  MAY  BE
 DEEMED  TO SATISFY REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF AN ACADEMIC
 COURSE OF INSTRUCTION, RELATED TO SUCH EXPERIENCE,  WHICH  IS  NECESSARY
 FOR  THE  AWARDING OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.  PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE SHALL
 INCLUDE INTERNSHIPS AND OTHER LEARNING EXPERIENCES WHICH  OCCUR  OUTSIDE
 OF  SCHOOL,  AND  WHICH  PROVIDE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE IN AN ACADEMIC
 DISCIPLINE OR A TRADE.
   § 2. This act shall  take  effect  on  the  first  of  September  next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02618-01-9

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