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A 7772: Clarifies the application of standardized testing requirements to the general education development exam by explicitly including it in the definition of "standardized test" and "test".
What A 7772 does, verified January 10, 2026
The bill aims to clarify the application of standardized testing requirements to the General Education Development (GED) exam. The bill defines what constitutes a standardized test and excludes certain types of tests, such as civil service tests and tests used for placement or credit-by-examination. The GED exam is also explicitly mentioned as a type of test that is subject to the bill's provisions. The bill will take effect on the 90th day after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to education (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7772
- What is the current status of A 7772?
- As of January 10, 2026, A 7772 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to education".
- Did A 7772 pass?
- Not yet. A 7772 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7772, and where is it now?
- A 7772 was authored by Asm. Steve Stern with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Education.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to education |
| Apr. 10, 2025 | referred to education |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 10, 2025 · 321 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7772 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 10, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. STERN, SMITH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to clarifying the appli- cation of standardized testing requirements to the general education development exam The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 340 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 567 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. "Standardized test" or "test" means: 5 a. any test that is given in New York at the expense of the test 6 subject and designed for use and used in the process of selection for 7 post-secondary or professional school admissions. Such tests shall 8 include, but are not limited to, the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude 9 Test, Scholastic Aptitude Test, ACT Assessment, Graduate Record Examina- 10 tion, Medical College Admission Test, Law School Admission Test, Dental 11 Admission Testing Program, Graduate Management Admission Test, Miller 12 Analogies Test and the Test for Standard Written English. This article 13 shall not apply to any state, federal, or local civil service test, any 14 test used solely for placement, credit-by-examination or other nonadmis- 15 sion purpose or any test developed and administered by an individual 16 school or institution solely for its own purposes or any test, or 17 portion of a test, designed to evaluate manual skills or other physical 18 abilities; and 19 b. the general education development exam. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00414-01-5
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