Bill Text: NY A00743 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the establishment of recovery high schools by boards of cooperative educational services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A00743 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A00743-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           743
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  establishment  of
          Recovery High Schools by boards of cooperative educational services
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section  1950  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph pp to read as follows:
     3    pp.  Boards of cooperative educational services may provide a collabo-
     4  rative alternative education program known as a "recovery  high  school"
     5  for  students  (i)  diagnosed with substance use disorder, as defined by
     6  the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders  V,  and  (ii)
     7  who  have  demonstrated  a  commitment  to recovery. Provided that there
     8  shall be no less than five recovery high schools opened  and  authorized
     9  by  the  commissioner  of  the  office of alcoholism and substance abuse
    10  services in conjunction with the  commissioner,  provided  further  that
    11  each  recovery high school shall contain the following program elements:
    12  (a) a comprehensive four year high school education,  (b)  a  structured
    13  plan  of  recovery  for  students, (c) a partnership with a local social
    14  services agency with expertise in  substance  use  disorder  and  mental
    15  health,  and  (d)  any other program elements pursuant to regulations of
    16  the commissioner of alcoholism and substance abuse services.
    17    (1) Program and administrative costs, including capital  costs,  allo-
    18  cated  to  component school districts in accordance with a recovery high
    19  school program pursuant to this paragraph shall be  eligible  for  BOCES
    20  aid  as  an  aidable  shared  service pursuant to this section and costs
    21  allocated to a participating non-component school district pursuant to a
    22  memorandum of understanding shall be  aidable  pursuant  to  subdivision
    23  five  of  this section to the same extent and on the same basis as costs
    24  allocated to a component school district.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04785-01-9
        A. 743                              2
     1    (2) The trustees or board  of  education  of  a  non-component  school
     2  district,  including  city  school  districts of cities in excess of one
     3  hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, may enter into a memorandum of
     4  understanding with  a  board  of  cooperative  educational  services  to
     5  participate in a recovery high school program for a period not to exceed
     6  five  years  upon  such terms as such trustees or board of education and
     7  the board  of  cooperative  educational  services  may  mutually  agree,
     8  provided that such agreement may provide for a charge for administration
     9  of the recovery high school program including capital costs, but partic-
    10  ipating  non-component  school districts shall not be liable for payment
    11  of administrative expenses as defined in paragraph b  of  this  subdivi-
    12  sion.
    13    § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 4 of section 1950 of the education law
    14  is amended by adding a new subparagraph 12 to read as follows:
    15    (12)  To  enter  into contracts with the commissioner of the office of
    16  alcoholism and  substance  abuse  services,  substance  abuse  treatment
    17  providers,  and  any  other  organization for the purpose of operating a
    18  recovery high school  program.  Any  such  proposed  contract  shall  be
    19  subject to the review and approval of the commissioner.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.