Provides that a student enrolled in an individualized education program during certain school years may continue to receive educational services until the student completes the services pursuant to the individualized education program or turns twenty-three years old, whichever is sooner.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8610--A
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, SANTABARBARA, DINOWITZ, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
AUBRY, ENGLEBRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, SIMON, HUNTER, CAHILL, COOK, SILLITTI,
SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT providing that a student enrolled in an individualized education
program during certain school years may continue to receive educa-
tional services until the student completes the services pursuant to
the individualized education program or turns twenty-three years old,
whichever is sooner; and to provide for the repeal of such provisions
upon the expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
2 the contrary, a school district may provide educational services in the
3 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years to a student who turned twenty-one
4 years old during the 2021-22 school year and was enrolled in the school
5 district and receiving special education services pursuant to an indi-
6 vidualized education program. Such student may continue to receive such
7 educational services until the student completes the services pursuant
8 to the individualized education program or turns twenty-three years old,
9 whichever is sooner.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
11 deemed repealed June 30, 2024.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14065-04-2
