A07211 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07211 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Chandler-Waterman |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Authorizes and requires the board of regents to set acceptable standards for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled. | |
A07211 Actions:
| BILL NO | A07211 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 03/21/2025 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 01/07/2026 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A07211 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
TITLE OF BILL: An act relating to authorizing and requiring the board of regents to set acceptable standards for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:: An act relating to authorizing and requiring the board of regents to set acceptable standar& for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the board of regents of the state of New York is hereby authorized and required to set acceptable standards for the issuance of high school diplomas to students who are homeschooled. The board of regents must insure and shall require that such diplomas be acceptable as proof of completion of an approved course of learning up to the twelfth-grade level by all higher education institutions licensed and accredited to operate in the state of New York. All diplomas issued pursuant to this act shall be equivalent in all regards to the generally accepted high school diploma issued pursuant to the authority of the board of regents JUSTIFICATION:: This bill authorizes and requires the board of regents to set acceptable standards for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: 2024-2025: A6470 Referred to education 2019-2020: A1286 2017-2018: A4183 2015-2016: A6426 2013-2014: A5544 2011-2012: A9680 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:: Please see fiscal note EFFECTIVE DATE:: This act shall take effect immediately
A07211 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7211 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT relating to authorizing and requiring the board of regents to set acceptable standards for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as "The Home- 2 schooled Graduate High School Diploma Act". 3 § 2. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the 4 board of regents of the state of New York is hereby authorized and 5 required to set acceptable standards for the issuance of high school 6 diplomas to students who are homeschooled. The board of regents must 7 insure and shall require that such diplomas are acceptable as proof of 8 completion of an approved course of learning up to the twelfth grade 9 level by all higher education institutions licensed and accredited to 10 operate in the state of New York. All diplomas issued pursuant to this 11 act shall be equivalent in all regards to the generally-accepted high 12 school diploma issued pursuant to the authority of the board of regents. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07460-01-5