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A09680 Summary:

BILL NO	A09680A
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Perry
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Authorizes and requires the board of regents to set acceptable standards for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled.

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A09680 Actions:

BILL NO	A09680A
03/23/2012	referred to education
06/04/2012	amend and recommit to education
06/04/2012	print number 9680a

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A09680 Floor Votes:

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A09680 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         9680--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     March 23, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        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.
                                                                   LBD13524-05-2

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