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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         4054--A
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 30, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. WEISENBERG, ABINANTI, TITUS, ROBINSON, BARRETT,
          JAFFEE, COOK, ROSENTHAL,  MILLMAN,  COLTON,  ROBERTS,  GRAF,  BOYLAND,
          WEPRIN,  FAHY, GUNTHER, PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BOREL-
          LI, CERETTO,  CLARK,  CROUCH,  HOOPER,  MARKEY,  McDONALD,  McDONOUGH,
          McLAUGHLIN,  PEOPLES-STOKES, RAIA, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to

          the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Educa-
          tion  in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  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, 2015.  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.
                                                                   LBD07653-03-4