STATE OF NEW YORK
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6564--A
IN SENATE
February 6, 2014
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Introduced by Sens. MARCELLINO, LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to delaying the implemen-
tation of regents examinations based on the common core state stand-
ards until the 2021-2022 school year
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 208-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 208-b. Common core state standards initiative. Notwithstanding any
4 provision of law to the contrary, the department shall not implement
5 regents examinations based on the New York state P-12 common core learn-
6 ing standards (CCLS) developed by the common core state standards initi-
7 ative until the two thousand twenty-one--two thousand twenty-two school
8 year. Any action taken to adopt or implement regents examinations based
9 on the common core state standards prior to that school year are void.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13844-03-4
