S07225 Summary:

BILL NOS07225A
 
SAME ASSAME AS A09961-C
 
SPONSORFLANAGAN
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S4402, Ed L
 
Relates to certain information about special education upon entry to school.
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S07225 Actions:

BILL NOS07225A
 
05/02/2012REFERRED TO EDUCATION
06/18/2012AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
06/18/2012PRINT NUMBER 7225A
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S07225 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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S07225 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7225--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 2, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to certain information
          about special education upon entry to school
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  4402 of the education law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. Upon their child's enrollment or attendance  in  a  public  school,
     4  such  school shall notify every parent or person in parental relation of
     5  their rights regarding referral and evaluation of their  child  for  the
     6  purposes  of special education services or programs pursuant to applica-
     7  ble federal and state laws. Such notification may be provided by direct-
     8  ing parents or  persons  in  parental  relation  to  obtain  information
     9  located  on  the  department's  website  relating to a parent's guide to

    10  special education in New York state  for  children  ages  three  through
    11  twenty-one  provided  the  notification  shall also contain the name and
    12  contact information for the chairperson of the school district's commit-
    13  tee on special education or other individual who is charged  with  proc-
    14  essing referrals to the committee in the district.
    15    §  2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.  Effective immediately,
    16  the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regulations neces-
    17  sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
    18  authorized to be made on or before such date.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD15313-11-2
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