A00043 Summary:

BILL NOA00043
 
SAME ASSAME AS S00841
 
SPONSORSimanowitz
 
COSPNSRCook, Woerner, Raia, Lawrence, Lalor
 
MLTSPNSRBlankenbush, Lopez, Lupardo, Palmesano, Thiele
 
Add S312-a, Ed L
 
Relates to admission to institutions of higher education for pupils receiving home instruction; prohibits the commissioner from requiring pupils who have completed the requirements of a home school education or a non-public school program to obtain or submit proof of having obtained a general education development certificate or any accredited diploma.
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A00043 Actions:

BILL NOA00043
 
01/07/2015referred to higher education
01/06/2016referred to higher education
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A00043 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A43
 
SPONSOR: Simanowitz
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to admission into institutions of higher education for pupils receiving home instruction   PURPOSE: Relates to admission to institutions of higher education for pupils receiving a home school education or a non-public school program.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill amends the education law by adding a new section 312-a which establishes fair practices for home school applicants.   JUSTIFICATION: Home schooling restrictions in New York State create many difficulties for those home schooling parents and their students who wish to advance to institutions of higher education. In effect, these restrictions undermine the validity of home schooling and serve to discrimination against a legitimate educational choice. While there are other measures which attempt to simplify New York State home schooling regulations in order to reduce home schooling administrative burdens, this bill estab- lishes fair practices for those home schooled applicants who seek admit- tance into institutions of higher education. Recently, a student at the Monroe County Community College -- who was only a semester away from receiving his degree -- had his admission revoked because he was home schooled for his high school education. This bill would ensure that a situation like that would not happen again, and at the same time it would strengthen the legitimacy of home schooling.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2013-2014: Referred to Higher Education   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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A00043 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           43
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMANOWITZ  -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Higher Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to admission into  insti-
          tutions of higher education for pupils receiving home instruction
 
          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  312-a
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 312-a. Fair practices for home school applicants. 1. The commission-
     4  er  shall  not  require  a pupil who has completed the requirements of a
     5  home instruction education or a non-public school program, and  who  has
     6  submitted  test scores and other admissions material used by post-secon-
     7  dary institutions that qualify the pupil for admission to an institution
     8  of higher education, to obtain or submit  proof  of  having  obtained  a
     9  general education development certificate or any accredited diploma.
    10    2.  A  pupil  who has completed the requirements of a home instruction
    11  education or non-public program shall be required to present a notarized
    12  transcript, which demonstrates completion of a high school education  in
    13  a  home  instruction  or  non-public school setting, for admission to an
    14  institution of higher education and such transcript  shall  be  accepted
    15  and  the  pupil  admitted  on  an equal basis with all other applicants,
    16  regardless of educational background.
    17    3. The home instruction or non-public program graduate shall be eligi-
    18  ble to receive their earned post-secondary degree or diploma  when  they
    19  have  fulfilled the requirements of the post-secondary degree or program
    20  requirements and such degree cannot be withheld.
    21    4. For the purposes of this section "institution of higher  education"
    22  shall  mean  any institution of higher education recognized and approved
    23  by the regents or the university of the state of New York which provides
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00512-01-5

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     1  a course of study leading to the granting of a post-secondary degree  or
     2  diploma.
     3    §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  on  the first of September next
     4  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law and shall  apply
     5  to  undergraduate admissions to an institution of higher education for a
     6  term or semester that begins on or after such date.
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