Bill Text: NY A09961 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-6)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-06-20 - REFERRED TO RULES [A09961 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09961-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9961--C
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 27, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG, P. RIVERA, ABINANTI, CASTRO, MILLMAN,
         GRAF, TITUS, JAFFEE, COLTON, BOYLAND, ROBINSON, COOK, ROBERTS, WEPRIN,
         BARRETT,  ROSENTHAL, GIBSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CERETTO,
         CLARK,  CROUCH,  HOOPER,  MARKEY,  McDONOUGH,   McENENY,   McLAUGHLIN,
         PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY,  RAIA, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
         reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
         reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
         amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
         committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
         ted 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, 2013.  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.
                                                                  LBD15313-10-2