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Assembly Bill A4911

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing penalties for violations relating to test agencies and standardized testing

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2025-A4911 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §347, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A8553
2019-2020: A3996
2021-2022: A2671
2023-2024: A4818

2025-A4911 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases penalties from $1000 to $2000 for violations relating to test agencies and standardized testing.

2025-A4911 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4911
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  increasing  penalties
   for violations relating to test agencies and standardized testing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 347 of the education law, as amended by chapter 351
 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   § 347. Violations. Any test agency which violates any section of  this
 article  shall  be liable for a civil penalty of not more than [one] TWO
 thousand dollars for each violation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09042-01-5

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