A06881 Summary:
BILL NO | A06881A |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S04880-A |
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SPONSOR | Benedetto |
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COSPNSR | Buchwald |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd S4410, Ed L | |
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Relates to committees on preschool special education and the requirement that parents attend meetings of the committee. |
A06881 Actions:
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04/23/2013 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2013 | amend and recommit to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2013 | print number 6881a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2013 | reported referred to rules | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2013 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2013 | rules report cal.344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/17/2013 | ordered to third reading rules cal.344 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2013 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2013 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2013 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2013 | SUBSTITUTED FOR S4880A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2013 | 3RD READING CAL.644 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2013 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2013 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/19/2013 | delivered to governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
07/31/2013 | signed chap.213 |
A06881 Floor Votes:
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Abbate
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Crespo
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Goodell
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Lupardo
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Paulin
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Simanowitz
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Abinanti
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Crouch
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Gottfried
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Lupinacci
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Peoples-Stokes
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Simotas
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Arroyo
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Curran
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Graf
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Magee
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Perry
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Skartados
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Aubry
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Cusick
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Gunther
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Magnarelli
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Pretlow
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Skoufis
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Barclay
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Cymbrowitz
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Hawley
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Maisel
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Quart
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Solages
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Barrett
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DenDekker
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Heastie
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Malliotakis
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Ra
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Stec
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Barron
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Dinowitz
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Hennessey
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Markey
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Rabbitt
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Steck
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Benedetto
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DiPietro
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Hevesi
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Mayer
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Raia
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Stevenson
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Blankenbush
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Duprey
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Hikind
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McDonald
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Ramos
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Stirpe
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Borelli
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Englebright
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Hooper
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McDonough
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Reilich
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Sweeney
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Boyland
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Espinal
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Jacobs
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McKevitt
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Rivera
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Tedisco
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Braunstein
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Fahy
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Jaffee
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McLaughlin
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Roberts
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Tenney
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Brennan
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Farrell
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Johns
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Miller
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Robinson
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Thiele
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Brindisi
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Finch
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Jordan
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Millman
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Rodriguez
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Titone
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Bronson
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Fitzpatrick
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Katz
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Montesano
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Rosa
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Titus
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Brook-Krasny
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Friend
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Kavanagh
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Morelle
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Rosenthal
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Walter
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Buchwald
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Gabryszak
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Kearns
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Mosley
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Rozic
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Weinstein
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Butler
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Galef
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Kellner
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Moya
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Russell
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Weisenberg
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Cahill
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Gantt
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Kim
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Nojay
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Ryan
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Weprin
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Camara
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Garbarino
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Kolb
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Nolan
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Saladino
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Wright
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Ceretto
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Gibson
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Lalor
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Oaks
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Santabarbara
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Zebrowski
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Clark
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Giglio
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Lavine
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O'Donnell
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Scarborough
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Mr. Speaker
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Colton
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Gjonaj
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Lentol
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Ortiz
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Schimel
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Cook
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Glick
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Lifton
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Otis
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Schimminger
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Corwin
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Goldfeder
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Lopez
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Palmesano
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Sepulveda
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
A06881 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6881--A 2013-2014 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 23, 2013 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENEDETTO -- read once and referred 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 committees on preschool special education The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 2 4410 of the education law, as amended by chapter 378 of the laws of 3 2007, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) Such board shall ensure that such committee is composed of at 5 least the following members: (i) the parents of the preschool child; 6 (ii) a regular education teacher of such child, whenever the child is or 7 may be participating in a regular education environment; (iii) a special 8 education teacher of the child or, if appropriate, a special education 9 provider of the child; (iv) an appropriate professional employed by the 10 school district who is qualified to provide, or supervise the provision 11 of, special education, who is knowledgeable about the general curriculum 12 of the school district and the availability of preschool special educa- 13 tion programs and services and other resources in the school district 14 and the municipality, and who shall serve as chairperson of the commit- 15 tee; (v) an additional parent of a child with a disability who resides 16 in the school district or a neighboring school district and whose child 17 is enrolled in a preschool or elementary level education program, 18 provided that such parent shall not be employed by or under contract 19 with the school district or municipality, and provided further that such 20 additional parent shall not be a required member [if] unless the 21 parents, or a member of the committee on preschool special education, 22 request that such additional parent member [not] participate in accord- 23 ance with this subparagraph; (vi) an individual who can interpret the 24 instructional implications of evaluation results, provided that such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10452-02-3A. 6881--A 2 1 individual may be the member appointed pursuant to clause (ii), (iii), 2 (iv) or (vii) of this subparagraph where such individuals are determined 3 by the school district to have the knowledge and expertise to do so; 4 (vii) such other persons having knowledge or expertise regarding the 5 child as the board or the parents shall designate, to the extent 6 required under federal law; and for a child in transition from programs 7 and services provided pursuant to applicable federal laws relating to 8 early intervention services, at the request of the parent or person in 9 parental relation to the child, the appropriate professional designated 10 by the agency that has been charged with the responsibility for the 11 preschool child pursuant to said applicable federal laws. In addition, 12 the chief executive officer of the municipality of the preschool child's 13 residence shall appoint an appropriately certified or licensed profes- 14 sional to the committee. Attendance of the appointee of the municipality 15 shall not be required for a quorum. The additional parent need not be 16 in attendance at any meeting of the committee on preschool special 17 education unless specifically requested in writing, at least seventy-two 18 hours prior to such meeting, by the parents or other person in parental 19 relation to the student in question or a member of the committee on 20 preschool special education. The parents or persons in parental 21 relation of the student in question shall receive proper written notice 22 of their right to have an additional parent attend any meeting of the 23 committee regarding the student along with a statement, prepared by the 24 department, explaining the role of having the additional parent attend 25 the meeting. 26 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 27 the amendments to subparagraph (1) of paragraph a of subdivision 3 of 28 section 4410 of the education law made by section one of this act shall 29 not affect the expiration of such subparagraph and shall be deemed to 30 expire therewith.