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- Held for consideration in education
- Referred to education
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BILL NUMBER:A8591
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law and the civil practice law and rules, in relation to eliminating state review officers; and to repeal certain provisions of such laws relating thereto
Purpose or general idea of bill
Eliminates one hearing layer from the dispute process for parents or guardians of a student with a disability who are appealing any matter relating to the identification, evaluation, or education placement of that child.
Summary of specific provisions
Removes the state review officer from paragraph c of subdivision 1 of §4404 of the education law and replaces it with the United States district court; repeals subdivisions 2 and 3 of §4404, paragraph d of subdivision 7 of §44I0 and subdivision 5 of §7803 of the civil practice law and rules.
Justification
New York is one of very few states that still have a two-tiered system for litigation of special education issues. Parents and advocates have expressed concerns that the State Review Officer is unresponsive to the needs of parents and that process is burdensome. As well, Governor Paterson's first executive order, the creation of the New York State Commission on Property Tax Relief, closely examined the local property tax burden and recommended lowering costs by streamlining this process.
Prior legislative history
None.
Fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that the amendments to paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 4404 of the education law made by section one of this act Shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such paragraph pursuant to section 22 of chapter 352 of the laws of 2005, as amended, where upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take effect.
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