Bill Text: NY S06504 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6504
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 21, 2016
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        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  written
     7  notice  that  a child who is placed in those residential programs speci-
     8  fied in paragraphs d, g, h and l of subdivision two  of  section  forty-
     9  four hundred one of this article is not entitled to receive tuition free
    10  educational  services after the age of twenty-one, the receipt of a high
    11  school diploma or  the  time  described  in  subdivision  five  of  this
    12  section.  Such  written notice shall be provided to the child and to the
    13  parents or legal guardian of such child when such child attains the  age
    14  of eighteen or, if such child is over the age of eighteen when placed in
    15  such  a  residential  program,  at the time of placement. Upon the first
    16  annual review after the age of fifteen of a child who is receiving  non-
    17  residential special services or programs as specified in paragraph a, b,
    18  c,  d,  e,  f,  i,  j,  l  or m of subdivision two of section forty-four
    19  hundred one of  this  article,  or  is  receiving  special  services  or
    20  programs  in  a  day program at the human resources school; is receiving
    21  such special services or programs one hundred per centum of  the  school
    22  day;  is  receiving  individualized attention or intervention because of
    23  intensive management needs or a severe handicap; and, as  determined  by

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