Bill Text: NY A07216 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows a parent to request an additional parent residing in the school district to participate in committees on special education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - signed chap.276 [A07216 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07216-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7216
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 19, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the additional  parent
         member of committees on special education
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subclause (viii) of clause a of subparagraph 1 of paragraph
    2  b of subdivision 1 of section 4402 of the education law, as  amended  by
    3  chapter 194 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (viii)  IF  REQUESTED BY THE PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP
    5  TO THE STUDENT, an additional parent, residing in the school district or
    6  a neighboring school district, of a student  with  a  disability,  of  a
    7  student who has been declassified and is no longer eligible for an indi-
    8  vidualized  education program (IEP), or a parent of a disabled child who
    9  has graduated, for a period of five years beyond the student's declassi-
   10  fication or graduation, provided such parent shall not be employed by or
   11  under contract with the school district[, and provided further that such
   12  additional parent shall not be a required member if the parents  request
   13  that  such  additional  parent member not participate].  DISTRICTS SHALL
   14  PROVIDE PARENTS AND PERSONS IN  PARENTAL  RELATIONSHIP  TO  THE  STUDENT
   15  NOTICE  OF  THE  RIGHT  TO  REQUEST  THE  PARTICIPATION OF AN ADDITIONAL
   16  PARENT;
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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