Bill Text: NY S06273 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides state aid for certain special education services for children with autism spectrum disorder in preschool.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-03-29 - PRINT NUMBER 6273A [S06273 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06273-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6273--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to approved costs of providing special education services to children with handicapping conditions in preschool The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 4410 of the education law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows: 3 f. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 4 commencing with the two thousand eleven--two thousand twelve school 5 year, costs of certain property and non-direct care service costs asso- 6 ciated with identified space directly related to special education itin- 7 erant services and used for instructional purposes in accordance with a 8 student's individualized education program shall be deemed reimbursable 9 within the calculation of tuition rates for approved programs pursuant 10 to the approved tuition methodology in effect for the corresponding 11 year. Such costs shall include those associated with discrete, specific 12 space located outside of the classroom but within the proximity of such 13 classroom where the special education itinerant services are provided 14 and shall include mortgage interest, depreciation, rent, utilities, 15 storage, housekeeping and supplies, and non-direct care costs associated 16 with maintenance. All such costs shall be required to meet the applica- 17 ble criteria for reimbursement as specified by the commissioner's regu- 18 lations and the department's tuition reimbursement guidelines and 19 requirements. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to 21 have been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2011. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11706-03-7