Bill Text: NY S06504 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to referrals to state adult service agencies for certain students with disabilities who have reached the age of 18.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-18 - referred to education [S06504 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06504-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6504 IN SENATE January 21, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to referrals to state adult service agencies for certain students with disabilities who have reached the age of 18; and to repeal clause (d-2) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 4402 of the education law relating to the requirement that boards of education develop plans and policies for appropriate declassification of students with disabili- ties The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 5 and 7 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of 2 section 4402 of the education law, subparagraph 5 as amended by chapter 3 256 of the laws of 1988 and subparagraph 7 as amended by chapter 194 of 4 the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows: 5 (5) The committee on special education or, in the case of a state 6 operated school, the multidisciplinary team shall [provide written7notice that a child who is placed in those residential programs speci-8fied in paragraphs d, g, h and l of subdivision two of section forty-9four hundred one of this article is not entitled to receive tuition free10educational services after the age of twenty-one, the receipt of a high11school diploma or the time described in subdivision five of this12section. Such written notice shall be provided to the child and to the13parents or legal guardian of such child when such child attains the age14of eighteen or, if such child is over the age of eighteen when placed in15such a residential program, at the time of placement. Upon the first16annual review after the age of fifteen of a child who is receiving non-17residential special services or programs as specified in paragraph a, b,18c, d, e, f, i, j, l or m of subdivision two of section forty-four19hundred one of this article, or is receiving special services or20programs in a day program at the human resources school; is receiving21such special services or programs one hundred per centum of the school22day; is receiving individualized attention or intervention because of23intensive management needs or a severe handicap; and, as determined byEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05346-02-6