Bill Text: NY S06284 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that the same educational requirements shall apply for students who require nursing services as for general education students; provides that nursing services may be delivered to students with disabilities through electronic communication or a virtual or online platform or in the home of the student.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S06284 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06284-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6284

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 20, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

        AN ACT in relation to virtual or  remote  instruction  days  for  public
          schools and private schools for students who require nursing services

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. A day of virtual or remote instruction, if instituted under
     2  a program approved by the commissioner, shall be considered  the  equiv-
     3  alent  of  a  full  day of school attendance for the purposes of meeting
     4  state and local graduation requirements, the awarding of course  credit,
     5  and such other matters as determined by the commissioner.
     6    If  a  program of virtual or remote instruction is implemented for the
     7  general education students, the same educational opportunities shall  be
     8  provided  to students who require nursing services. Nursing services may
     9  be delivered to students with disabilities through the use of electronic
    10  communication or a virtual or online platform or  in  the  home  of  the
    11  student  and  as  required  by  the  student's  individualized education
    12  program, to the greatest extent practicable.
    13    Nursing services shall be reimbursed for by the school district at the
    14  rate of a full instructional day of school  attendance  whether  on  the
    15  school campus or through the use of electronic communication or a virtu-
    16  al or online platform or in the home of the student.
    17    Guardians  of  students  who  require  nursing services may retain the
    18  provider of nursing services of their  choice  or  accept  the  provider
    19  offered by the school district.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10249-02-1