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                                   4782
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 12, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sens. SKOUFIS, PARKER -- 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 public  higher  educa-
   tion admissions and standardized testing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  340-a
 to read as follows:
   §  340-A. PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION ADMISSIONS AND STANDARDIZED TESTING.
 1. FOR ALL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION, EXCEPT  SUCH  INSTI-
 TUTIONS THAT ARE CONSIDERED STATUTORY COLLEGES UNDER THIS CHAPTER:
   (A)  THE USE OF CURRENT STANDARDIZED TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR UNDERGRADU-
 ATE ADMISSIONS OF NEW YORK RESIDENT APPLICANTS SHALL BE SUSPENDED  UNTIL
 THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTY--TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE ACADEMIC YEAR.
   (B)  FOR  ENROLLMENT  DECISIONS FOR NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT APPLICANTS
 FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN AND TWO THOU-
 SAND TWENTY-SEVEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT ACADEMIC YEARS, SHALL  HAVE
 THE  OPTION  TO USE THE SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST AND ACT ASSESSMENT TEST
 SCORES IN SELECTION CONSIDERATION IF STUDENTS CHOOSE TO SUBMIT THEM.
   (C) FOR ENROLLMENT DECISIONS FOR NEW YORK  STATE  RESIDENT  APPLICANTS
 FOR  THE  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-EIGHT--TWO  THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE AND TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-NINE--TWO THOUSAND  THIRTY  ACADEMIC  YEARS,  SHALL  NOT
 CONSIDER  STANDARDIZED  TEST  SCORES  FOR ADMISSIONS SELECTION AND SHALL
 PRACTICE TEST-BLIND ADMISSIONS SELECTION FOR  NEW  YORK  STATE  RESIDENT
 APPLICANTS.
   2.  (A)  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND
 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF  NEW  YORK  SHALL  EACH
 IDENTIFY  AND CREATE A NEW TEST THAT ALIGNS WITH THE CONTENT THE RESPEC-
 TIVE INSTITUTIONS EXPECT STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE  MASTERED  TO  DEMONSTRATE
 COLLEGE READINESS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING SUCH INSTITUTIONS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (B)  IF  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND
 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK ARE UNABLE  TO
 EITHER  MODIFY  OR  CREATE  A  TEST THAT MEETS THESE CRITERIA AND CAN BE
 AVAILABLE FOR APPLICANTS FOR THE TWO THOUSAND THIRTY--TWO THOUSAND THIR-
 TY-ONE  ACADEMIC YEAR, THE RESPECTIVE INSTITUTIONS SHALL ELIMINATE ALTO-
 GETHER THE USE OF THE SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST AND  ACT  ASSESSMENT  FOR
 ADMISSIONS SELECTION FOR NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT APPLICANTS.
   (C)  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL CONSULT WITH
 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH GRADE EDUCATORS, TEST EXPERTS, INSTITUTIONS
 WITHIN THE RESPECTIVE SYSTEMS AND FACULTY OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS TO EVAL-
 UATE HOW BEST TO CONSTRUCT A TEST BETTER SUITED FOR  THE  NEEDS  OF  THE
 SYSTEMS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.