What's happening
This bill amends education law to clarify which youth shelters are covered and excludes certain residential facilities from its provisions.
Why it matters
Clarifies which types of youth shelters are responsible for educational reimbursements. , ensuring that only specific facilities (not all residential programs) fall under these funding rules—this could impact local school district budgets and state funding flows.
Explicitly excludes certain residential programs and group homes (such as those under articles 19-G and 19-H of the Executive Law, and child care institutions) from being defined as "youth shelters". for the purposes of this law, which may affect where and how youth in state or foster care receive their education services.
May create clearer administrative boundaries between juvenile justice, child welfare, and education systems. , reducing confusion about who is financially responsible for providing education to youth in various types of care or custody.
Could affect the experiences and educational continuity of youth in different types of facilities. , depending on how these definitions change which agency or school district delivers and pays for their schooling.
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Redefine Youth Shelter Rules
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1640
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 16, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the education of persons in youth shelters
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs b and f of subdivision 7 of section 3202 of the education law, paragraph b as amended by section 27 of part B of chapter 57 of the laws of 2007 and paragraph f as added by chapter 564 of the laws of 2001, are amended to read as follows:
b. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the school district in which the child resided at the time of the child's commitment to the custody of the sheriff or local commissioner of corrections or remanded to a youth shelter shall reimburse the [education] department for its expenditure for the full time equivalent attendance of such child pursuant to subdivision thirteen of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter on behalf of such child, in an amount equal to the product of such full time equivalent attendance and the school district basic contribution, as such term is defined in subdivision eight of section forty-four hundred one of this chapter, provided, however, that such basic contribution shall be multiplied by the full time equivalent attendance multiplied by one hundred twenty per centum for such children attending programs which operate between July first and June thirtieth. If at the applicable time specified in this paragraph a school district other than the school district in which the child resides is responsible for the cost of instruction of the child or for reimbursement of the state for its expenditure on behalf of the child pursuant to any provision of this chapter, then such other school district shall be responsible for reimbursement of the [education] department in accordance with this paragraph. Upon certification by the commissioner, the comptroller shall deduct from any state funds which become due to a
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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school district an amount equal to the reimbursement required to be made by such school district in accordance with this paragraph, and the amount so deducted shall not be included in the operating expense of such district for the purpose of computing the approved operating expense pursuant to paragraph t of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter.
f. As used in this subdivision, "youth shelter" shall mean an alternative residential facility for the incarceration of youths between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one who are remanded by the criminal courts, provided that such term shall not include residential programs established pursuant to article nineteen-G or nineteen-H of the executive law, a residential facility or group home operated, licensed or certified by the office of children and family services or its successor pursuant to such articles nineteen-G and nineteen-H, or a child care institution as defined in subdivision two of section four thousand one of this chapter.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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