Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the state high school equivalency diploma to the Excelsior diploma
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What it does
Official summary
Directs the commissioner of education to change the name of the state high school equivalency diploma, formerly known as the general education development (GED) program, to the Excelsior diploma.
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Introduced
Passed 1st Chamber
Passed 2nd Chamber
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5Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
2026
May 28REFERRED TO EDUCATIONLatest
Vote recorded Floor Vote - Version: B. Result: pass.Upper
May 28RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
May 28REPASSED SENATEMajor
Apr 27AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5067BMajor
Apr 27VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
Apr 27RETURNED TO SENATE
Apr 27RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
Mar 24REFERRED TO EDUCATIONMinor
Vote recorded Floor Vote - Version: A. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 24DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Mar 24PASSED SENATEPassed 2nd Chamber
Mar 19ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Mar 182ND REPORT CAL.
Mar 171ST REPORT CAL.538
Vote recorded Education Vote - Version: A. Result: pass.Upper
Jan 7REFERRED TO EDUCATIONMinor
Jan 7RETURNED TO SENATE
Jan 7DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2025
Jun 10REFERRED TO EDUCATIONMinor
Vote recorded Floor Vote - Version: A. Result: pass.Upper