Requires same-day notification of a parent or person in parental relation of a student with a disability where certain behavioral interventions are used.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7548--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
November 24, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to
the Committee on Disabilities in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring same-day
notification of a parent or person in parental relation of a student
with a disability where certain behavioral interventions are used
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 9 to read as follows:
3 9. The board of education or trustees of each school district shall
4 develop a procedure to notify the parent or person in parental relation
5 of a student with a disability on the same day a physical or mechanical
6 restraint is applied on such student or such student is placed in a time
7 out room. When the student's parent or person in parental relation
8 cannot be contacted after reasonable attempts are made, the principal
9 shall record and report such attempts to the committee on special educa-
10 tion.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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