What's happening
This bill requires the commissioner of education to create a system for school districts to receive aid throughout the year for students with disabilities, especially when such students transfer mid-year.
Why it matters
Ensures timely support for students with disabilities who transfer schools mid-year. By requiring aid to follow students as they move, the bill aims to prevent gaps in services that can disrupt learning for students needing specialized support.
Reduces unexpected financial strain on receiving school districts. Schools that take in new students with disabilities after the annual funding allocation will be able to access additional, interim state aid, making it easier to provide mandated accommodations without diverting resources from other students.
Promotes fairness and adaptability in school funding. Quarterly apportionment and a dedicated interim aid fund mean that school funding better reflects real-time student population changes, especially for high-need students, leading to a more responsive and equitable education system.
May improve compliance with federal and state special education requirements. By ensuring districts have the resources they need as soon as students arrive, the bill could help schools meet Individualized Education Program (IEP) obligations and avoid legal or educational shortcomings.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1793
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 17, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, FINCH, GIGLIO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT in relation to directing the commissioner of education to establish apportionment methods for certain school districts with respect to students with disabilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that students with disabilities often need special accommodations in order to achieve the highest standards of learning. These special accommodations are often associated with high costs. The legislature further finds that when a student with a disability transfers to a new school district within the same school year, the new school district is without funding for such student until the beginning of the next school year.
The legislature therefore finds that it is necessary to direct the commissioner of education to establish a method by which a school district may receive necessary aid for students with disabilities at any time, throughout the school year, as may be appropriate.
§ 2. The commissioner of education is hereby directed to establish a method for apportioning school aid for students with disabilities at any time, throughout the school year, as may be appropriate.
§ 3. The commissioner of education shall establish a special fund to be used solely for the purpose of supplying interim aid to school districts that are attended by students with disabilities, where such student or students were not accounted for in the initial apportionment to such school district at the beginning of the school year.
§ 4. The commissioner of education shall apportion monies for students with disabilities on a quarterly basis, and to allow for the apportionment to follow the student from school district to school district throughout the school year.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03045-01-9
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§ 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately any rules or regulations necessary for the timely implementation of the provisions of this act on its effective date may be promulgated on or before such date.
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