Bill Text: NY A08262 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the commissioner of education to issue a guidance memorandum in cooperation with stakeholders and other interested parties, to every school district and board of cooperative educational services to inform them of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - signed chap.216 [A08262 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08262-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8262
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 2, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SIMON, NOLAN -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the  commis-
          sioner  of  education  to  issue a guidance memorandum to every school
          district and board of cooperative educational services to inform  them
          of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia
          and dysgraphia to issue a guidance memorandum to every school district
          and  board  of  cooperative educational services to inform them of the
          unique educational needs of students with  dyslexia,  dyscalculia  and
          dysgraphia
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 56 to read as follows:
     3    56. The commissioner shall issue a guidance memorandum in  cooperation
     4  with stakeholders and other interested parties, to every school district
     5  and  board  of  cooperative  educational  services to inform them of the
     6  unique educational needs of  students  with  dyslexia,  dyscalculia  and
     7  dysgraphia and to clarify that school districts may reference or use the
     8  terms  dyslexia, dyscalculia, and dysgraphia in evaluations, eligibility
     9  determinations, or in developing  an  individualized  education  program
    10  (IEP)  under  the  Individuals  with  Disabilities  Education Act (IDEA)
    11  pursuant to part 300 of title 34 of the code of federal regulations,  as
    12  such regulations may, from time to time, be amended.
    13    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately; provided, however the
    14  guidance memorandum required pursuant to section one of this  act  shall
    15  be issued no later than one year after this act shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13038-03-7