Legal Trends: Proposed New York legislation would make cheating on educational tests a felony
Clearly, the SAT scandal continues to make waves. In New York, legislators will have the opportunity to vote whether cheating on educational tests is a felony offense.
This seems a bit extreme and reactive. However, it highlights increased public concern over the recent wave of cheating scandals involving education.
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Click to Read: NY bill would make crimes out of SAT test cheating
Sen. Kenneth LaValle (luh-VAL') of Suffolk County released the draft bill Tuesday. It would create a new crime of facilitation of education testing fraud and another law of scheming to defraud educational testing.
Those crimes would be felonies punishable by prison sentences.
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