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A03469 Summary:

BILL NOA03469
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORPretlow
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §4411, Ed L
 
Establishes an office of special education services within the state education department to administer programs for children with disabilities to be headed by an assistant commissioner appointed by the board of regents.
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A03469 Actions:

BILL NOA03469
 
02/03/2023referred to education
01/03/2024referred to education
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A03469 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3469
 
SPONSOR: Pretlow
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing for an office of special education services to administer programs for children with disabilities   PURPOSE: To establish within the State Education Department (SED) an Office of Special Education. Services to administer programs for children with disabilities.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: The education law is amended by adding a new section, 4111, which estab- lishes, within SED, an Office of Special Education Services. This bill provides that the OSES will be the principal office administering programs for the education of children with disabilities. In addition, this legislation provides for the position of assistant commissioner to direct the work of the Office of Special Education Services. The Assist- ant Commissioner shall be appointed by the Board of Regents and serve at their pleasure. The legislation also provides for the establishment of three bureau chiefs to assist the Assistant Commissioner.   JUSTIFICATION: As a result of the reorganization at the State Education Department, the Office of Special Education Services and the Assistant Commissioner position which oversees it has been eliminated. This office has served as a vital link between parents, educators and the department. In addi- tion, the office has played an important role in the implementation of the federal special education mandates. The Office of Special Education Services is essential to the coordi- nation and oversight of New York's special education programs. OSES currently provides its constituents with both a regional and centrally coordinated management system. The dismantling and redistribution of OSES staff would ultimately impede and erode the quality of services available to children with disabilities. The statutory establishment of the Office of Special Education Services and the position of the Assist- ant: Commissioner will provide for the continued consideration of special education needs at the highest level of the State Education Department.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2022 01/05/22 A3756 referred to education 2019-2020 A3454 referred to Education 2017-2018 A761 referred to education 01/30/13 referred to education 01/08/14 referred to education 01/06/15 referred to libraries and education technology   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: This proposal is revenue neutral since 98.2 of all personal costs are paid by federal funds.   LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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A03469 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3469
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  providing  for  an
          office  of special education services to administer programs for chil-
          dren with disabilities
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The education law is amended by adding a new section 4411
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 4411. Office of special  education  services.  1.  There  is  hereby
     4  created  in the department an office of special education services.  The
     5  head of the office shall be  an  assistant  commissioner  who  shall  be
     6  appointed by the board of regents and who shall hold office at the plea-
     7  sure of the board of regents.
     8    2.  The  office  of  special education services shall be the principal
     9  agency for administering and conveying the provisions  of  this  article
    10  relating  to  programs and activities for the education of children with
    11  disabilities.
    12    3. The assistant commissioner appointed pursuant to this section shall
    13  direct the work of the office and shall be the chief  executive  officer
    14  of  the  office  reporting  directly to the commissioner. Such assistant
    15  commissioner may appoint such officers and employees as he  or  she  may
    16  deem  necessary,  prescribe  their  duties,  fix their compensation, and
    17  provide for the reimbursement of their expenses, all within amounts made
    18  available therefor by state and federal  appropriations;  provided  that
    19  there  shall  be not less than six officers consisting of three division
    20  directors and three bureau chiefs to assist the assistant commissioner.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    22  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.
                                                                   LBD08208-01-3
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