Bill Text: NY A04054 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to certain information about special education upon entry to school.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-7)

Status: (Passed) 2014-11-21 - signed chap.434 [A04054 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04054-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4054--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 30, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. WEISENBERG, ABINANTI, TITUS, ROBINSON, BARRETT,
         JAFFEE, COOK, ROSENTHAL,  MILLMAN,  COLTON,  ROBERTS,  GRAF,  BOYLAND,
         WEPRIN,  FAHY, GUNTHER, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOREL-
         LI, CERETTO,  CLARK,  CROUCH,  HOOPER,  MARKEY,  McDONALD,  McDONOUGH,
         McLAUGHLIN,  PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Educa-
         tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  certain  information
         about special education upon entry to school
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 4402 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
    2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
    3    8.  UPON  THEIR  CHILD'S  ENROLLMENT OR ATTENDANCE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL,
    4  SUCH SCHOOL SHALL NOTIFY EVERY PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION  OF
    5  THEIR  RIGHTS  REGARDING  REFERRAL AND EVALUATION OF THEIR CHILD FOR THE
    6  PURPOSES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES OR PROGRAMS PURSUANT TO  APPLICA-
    7  BLE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS. SUCH NOTIFICATION MAY BE PROVIDED BY DIRECT-
    8  ING  PARENTS  OR  PERSONS  IN  PARENTAL  RELATION  TO OBTAIN INFORMATION
    9  LOCATED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE RELATING  TO  A  PARENT'S  GUIDE  TO
   10  SPECIAL  EDUCATION  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE FOR CHILDREN AGES THREE THROUGH
   11  TWENTY-ONE PROVIDED THE NOTIFICATION SHALL ALSO  CONTAIN  THE  NAME  AND
   12  CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S COMMIT-
   13  TEE  ON  SPECIAL EDUCATION OR OTHER INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CHARGED WITH PROC-
   14  ESSING REFERRALS TO THE COMMITTEE IN THE DISTRICT.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.  Effective  immediately,
   16  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations neces-
   17  sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
   18  authorized to be made on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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