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S03957 Summary:

BILL NO	S03957
SAME AS	SAME AS A05544
SPONSOR	SMITH
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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S03957 Actions:

BILL NO	S03957
02/28/2013	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/08/2014	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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S03957 Floor Votes:

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S03957 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3957
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 28, 2013
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SMITH  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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.
                                                                   LBD00013-01-3

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