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Senate Bill S3721

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the commissioner of education to reschedule cancelled regents examinations

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2025-S3721 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3803
2013-2014: S2489
2015-2016: S4656
2017-2018: S5281
2019-2020: S457
2021-2022: S4501
2023-2024: S2841

2025-S3721 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the commissioner of education to reschedule cancelled regents examinations within 20 business days of the original date.

2025-S3721 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3721 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3721
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  rescheduling  regents
   examinations
 
   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. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL RESCHEDULE, WITHIN  TWENTY  BUSINESS  DAYS,
 ANY REGENTS EXAMINATION THAT WAS CANCELLED FOR ANY REASON.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07426-01-5

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