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Assembly Bill A8516

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to notifying parents of their right to refuse certain behavioral interventions for their children

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2021-A8516 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7547
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4402, Ed L

2021-A8516 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to notifying parents of their right to refuse the inclusion of certain behavioral interventions in their children's individualized education plan or behavioral intervention plan.

2021-A8516 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8516
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURDICK -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notifying  parents  or
   guardians  of  their  right to refuse certain behavioral interventions
   for their children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section
 4402 of the education law is amended by adding a new clause (e) to  read
 as follows:
   (E) AT ANY MEETING OF A COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE PARENTS OR
 PERSONS  IN  PARENTAL  RELATION TO THE STUDENT THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE AT
 SUCH MEETING SHALL BE PROVIDED PROPER WRITTEN NOTICE OF THEIR  RIGHT  TO
 REFUSE  INCLUSION  OF  ANY  SPECIFIC  BEHAVIORAL  INTERVENTION  IN  SUCH
 STUDENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PLAN  OR  A  BEHAVIORAL  INTERVENTION
 PLAN  DEVELOPED  FOR SUCH STUDENT PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF THIS
 PARAGRAPH.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13144-01-1

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