What's happening
This bill requires New York to approve and maintain a register of qualified out-of-state educational facilities for children with disabilities if no in-state options are available.
Why it matters
Expands educational options for children with disabilities. by requiring New York to approve and maintain a list of out-of-state facilities if no suitable placements exist in-state, helping families access specialized instruction their children may not otherwise receive.
Creates a clearer, more predictable approval process. for out-of-state schools, mandating that any qualified facility applying for approval must be added to the register if it meets the needs of New York children, rather than being subject to fluctuating departmental policies.
Strengthens legal protections for students with disabilities. by emphasizing the necessity of continual approval of these facilities, ensuring that children are not left without appropriate educational services due to administrative delays or policy changes.
Places a duty on the state to proactively safeguard educational rights. , highlighting state responsibility to ensure access to appropriate services, which could reduce the burden on families to advocate for or litigate individual placements.
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Sponsors
3 Co-sponsors
5 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to education
- Referred to education
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In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Timothy M. Kennedy
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7017
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 29, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, SIMON, BENEDETTO, M. G. MILLER -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BLAKE, COOK, HOOPER, WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to special provisions relating to instruction of certain children with handicapping conditions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 4407 of the education law, as amended by chapter 53 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
2. The state education department shall maintain a register of such educational facilities which are outside of the state which, after inspection, it deems qualified to meet the needs of certain children for instruction pursuant to subdivision one of this section. Public or private facilities of instruction located outside of the state which apply to the department for approval, shall, notwithstanding any review or revision of policy undertaken by the department, be added to the register if such facilities are found by the department to meet the needs of certain children for instruction. The continual approval of such facilities is necessary to safeguard the right of handicapped children in New York state to access appropriate educational services when there is no appropriate in-state placement available.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeeding the date it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the timely implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
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