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LaValle: Felonies for SAT cheats' parents

Originally published: January 10, 2012 7:09 PM
Updated: January 10, 2012 10:19 PM
By TED PHILLIPS  ted.phillips@newsday.com

New York State Senator, Kenneth LaValle. (Jan, 1,

Photo credit: Randee Daddona | New York State Senator, Kenneth LaValle. (Jan, 1, 2012)

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ALBANY -- Parents who help their children pay for someone to take the SAT for them should be charged with felonies, state Sen. Kenneth LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) said Tuesday following a Senate committee meeting on legislation being drafted in response to the cheating scandal at Long Island schools.

While education committee members generally agreed that penalties for students who cheat should...

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