A06470 Summary:
BILL NO | A06470 |
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SPONSOR | Chandler-Waterman |
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Authorizes and requires the board of regents to set acceptable standards for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled. |
A06470 Actions:
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04/11/2023 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | referred to education |
A06470 Memo:
Go to topNEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)   BILL NUMBER: A6470 SPONSOR: Chandler-Waterman
  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 standards 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 6diplomas 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.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A   JUSTIFICATION: This bill authorizes and requires the board of regents to set acceptable standards for the issuance of diplomas to students who are homeschooled.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2011-2012: A9680 2013-2014: A5544 2015-2016: A6426 2017-2018: A4183 2019-2020: A1286   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: TBD   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
A06470 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6470 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 11, 2023 ___________ 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. LBD07945-01-3
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