STATE OF NEW YORK
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7037
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 29, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE, CUSICK, ORTIZ, COLTON, JAFFEE, WALTER,
CYMBROWITZ, BENEDETTO, MOSLEY, SIMON, COOK, BLAKE, RAIA, CROUCH, McDO-
NOUGH, ABINANTI, OTIS, STECK, PALMESANO -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to children with disabil-
ities placed in out-of-state facilities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 4401 of the education law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 12 to read as follows:
3 12. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this article, where
4 a child with a disability is placed in an out-of-state facility, as
5 approved by the commissioner, the state shall provide for all special
6 services or programs as defined in paragraph a of subdivision two of
7 this section.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next
9 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09197-01-7
