Civil Service Law § 55-c · Title A. Examinations and Eligible Lists
Acceptability of certain high school diplomas
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Text — Law content up to date as of September 11, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 55-c. Acceptability of certain high school diplomas. Whenever a high school diploma is required by the state civil service department or a municipal commission as a minimum requirement of any competitive examination, a high school individualized education plan diploma which was granted to a child with handicapping conditions may be accepted by such department or commission in fulfillment of such diploma requirement.
* NB There are 2 § 55-c's
Source of truth
- Edition
- Law content up to date as of September 11, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
- Official file
- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/CVS55-C%2A2
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- sha256 345d69588eaf40b418d6c05a051d1752c28ffb3cf713ce702326f6af0eaf07ee
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- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
- The Senate's note "There are 2 § 55-c's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
- The Legislature enacted more than one section numbered 55-c; this is number 2 as the Senate prints them.
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