Senate Bill S1029

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes a common articulation policy at the state of New York and city of New York university systems for granting college credit bearing coursework based upon successful performance on standardized exams

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S1029 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§355 & 6206, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5875
2019-2020: S6446
2021-2022: S1974

2023-S1029 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a common articulation policy at the state of New York and city of New York university systems for granting college credit bearing coursework based upon successful performance on standardized exams completed by high school students.

2023-S1029 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1029 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1029
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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 establishing a  common
   articulation  policy  at  the  state  of New York and city of New York
   university systems for  granting  college  credit  bearing  coursework
   based  upon  successful performance on standardized exams completed by
   high school students
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 355 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 2-b to read as follows:
   2-B.  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES SHALL ESTABLISH A CONSISTENT AND
 EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY FOR  ACCEPTING  AND  GRANTING  COMPARABLE  COLLEGE
 CREDIT  FOR  DEMONSTRATING  COLLEGE LEVEL PERFORMANCE BY EARNING PASSING
 SCORES ON STANDARDIZED EXAMS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THE POLICY SHALL BE ADOPTED
 AND IMPLEMENTED FOR STUDENTS ENROLLING IN ANY STATE  UNIVERSITY  CAMPUS,
 EFFECTIVE  FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
 ACADEMIC YEAR AND THEREAFTER.
   A. THE POLICY SHALL BE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY  AND
 SHALL  INCLUDE:  (I)  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE SYSTEM'S INSTITUTIONS,
 STUDENT ADVISORY GROUPS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, A  REVIEW  BY  THE
 STATE  UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES OF FINDINGS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE DATA FOR
 STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY PASSING ONE OR MORE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMS PRIOR
 TO ENROLLING IN A STATE UNIVERSITY OR  COLLEGE;  AND  (II)  MEASURES  OF
 ACADEMIC  PERFORMANCE, RETENTION RATES, AND GRADUATION RATES OF STUDENTS
 WHO COMPLETE A LOWER-DIVISION COURSE AT THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY'S  INSTI-
 TUTIONS  OF HIGHER EDUCATION COMPARED TO STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE CREDIT FOR
 A COMPARABLE COLLEGE COURSE, DISAGGREGATED BY SCORE, BASED UPON ADVANCED
 PLACEMENT, COLLEGE LEVEL EXAMINATION PROGRAM (CLEP) INTERNATIONAL BACCA-
 LAUREATE (IB) EXAMINATIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03530-01-3
 S. 1029                             2
              

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