New York Laws
Article 7-A - Standardized Testing
342-A - Special Administrations.

ยง 342-a. Special administrations. 1. When regular test
administrations are given on days of religious observance which prevent
attendance by test subjects at such regular administrations special
administrations shall be offered with the same frequency as regular
administrations as soon after or before as is possible, at comparable
times, places and cost.

2. Provided, however, a test agency shall not be required to offer a
greater number of special administrations than were offered during the
base year commencing August first, nineteen hundred seventy-eight and
ending July thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-nine unless the
number of regular administrations is increased in any subsequent testing
year, in which case the provisions of subdivision one shall apply.

3. No test subject shall by reason of religious belief be denied by a
test agency, the opportunity to take a test which shall be disclosed
pursuant to subdivisions one and two of section three hundred forty-two
of this article during any twelve month period.