New York S 4295: Directs the state department of education to place a moratorium on the use of Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) until certain requirements are met

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S04295 Summary:

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Directs the state department of education to place a moratorium on the use of Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) until certain requirements are met; relates to the high school equivalency account.

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4295

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT directing the state department of education to place a moratorium
 on the use of Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) until certain
 requirements are met; and to amend the state finance law, in relation
 to the high school equivalency account

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the state education department is here-
 2 by directed to place a moratorium on the use of the Test Assessing
 3 Secondary Completion (TASC) high school equivalency assessment until
 4 such time as the department has:
 5 1. developed a TASC curriculum;
 6 2. trained high school equivalency diploma instructors, including
 7 instructors at the board of cooperative educational services, community
 8 based programs and community colleges, with regard to the common core
 9 aligned TASC;
 10 3. provided basic computer based skills to applicants;
 11 4. provided for fee forgiveness for those applicants who paid for and
 12 took the General Educational Development (GED) course at state universi-
 13 ty community colleges but have not taken the exam;
 14 5. implemented a process ensuring that the TASC results will be proc-
 15 essed and made available to the applicant within sixty days of the test
 16 date.
 17 § 2. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 97-hhh of the state finance law,
 18 as added by section 84 of part A of chapter 436 of the laws of 1997, are
 19 amended to read as follows:
 20 2. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,
 21 the state comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to receive for
 22 deposit to the credit of the high school equivalency account, fees
 23 established by the commissioner of education and approved by the direc-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 1 tor of the budget to supplement administration of the [general educa-
 2 tional development] test assessing secondary completion tests for the
 3 high school equivalency diploma.
 4 3. Moneys of this account, following appropriation by the legisla-
 5 ture, shall be available to the state education department for services
 6 and expenses related to the administration of the [general educational
 7 development] test assessing secondary completion tests for the high
 8 school equivalency diploma.
 9 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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