Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) A high school shall use uniform criteria
for the selection of scholarship nominees, applicable to all competing
students, such criteria to be in accordance with the requirements of this
section.
(b) A high school that
prior to its students' senior year has offered to all such students seeking
Regents credit at the school either a Regents examination or a single approved
substitute assessment, but not both, in each of the following subjects:
comprehensive English, global studies, U.S. history/government, level 3 math;
and in two or more of the following four science subjects: earth science,
biology, chemistry, and physics, shall select scholarship nominees on the basis
of the following criteria:
(1) The high
school shall select scholarship nominees by computing a weighted average of the
scores on the Regents examinations and/or approved substitute assessments taken
by its students prior to their senior year, in all of the following subjects:
comprehensive English, global studies, U.S. history/government, and level 3
math, and science, which shall consist of the weighted average score on Regents
examinations and/or approved substitute assessments in two or more of the four
science subjects of earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics. Students
shall be ranked by weighted average score highest to lowest, and students
achieving the highest weighted average scores shall be selected as scholarship
nominees.
(2) The high school shall
use the following weighting for scores on the Regents examinations or approved
substitute assessments in the following subjects: comprehensive English, weight
of three; global studies, weight of one; U.S. history/government, weight of
one; level 3 math, weight of three; and science, as defined in paragraph (1) of
this subdivision, weight of two if two subjects are taken, weight of three if
three subjects are taken, and weight of four if four subjects are
taken.
(3) If the approved
substitute assessment is not scored on a one-hundred point scale, the high
school shall convert the scores on the approved substitute assessment to a
one-hundred point scale.
(c) High schools other than those described
in subdivision (b) of this section shall select scholarship nominees on the
following basis:
(1) for high schools that
can determine class rank because of their grading system, class rank of
students at the end of their junior year; and
(2) for high schools that cannot determine
class rank because of their grading system, a locally developed and
administered assessment of academic performance which shall test the subjects
of English and mathematics and shall be conducted prior to the end of the
junior year, except for selection of nominees for scholarships to be awarded in
the 1998 competition for use in the 1998-99 college academic year in which case
such assessment shall be conducted on or before December 31, 1997.
(d) Procedures for tie breaking.
(1) In the case of a tie in the weighted
average score that is used for the selection of a scholarship nominee, pursuant
to subdivision (b) of this section, the high school shall use the students'
class rank at the end of their junior year, to determine the priority ranking
of tied scholarship nominees. If the high school cannot determine class rank
because of the grading system of the high school or in case of a tie in class
rank, the high school shall determine priority order by lottery among tied
individuals.
(2) In the case of a
tie in class rank that is used for selection of a scholarship nominee, pursuant
to paragraph (c)(1) of this section, the high school shall determine priority
order by lottery among individuals having the same class rank.
(3) In the case of a tie in the score on the
locally developed and administered assessment of academic performance that is
used for selection of a scholarship nominee, pursuant to paragraph (c)(2) of
this section, the high school shall determine priority order by lottery among
individuals having the same score.
