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Assembly Bill A8307

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires all teachers to sign a form indicating they have received and reviewed a copy of a child's individualized education program

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2009-A8307 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4402, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3644

2009-A8307 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all teachers to sign a form indicating they have received and reviewed a copy of a child's individualized education program.

2009-A8307 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8307

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all teachers
  to  sign a form indicating they have received and reviewed a copy of a
  child's individualized education program

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 4402 of the educa-
tion law, as added by chapter 408 of the laws of  2002,  is  amended  to
read as follows:
  a.  The board of education or trustees of each school district and the
board of trustees of each charter school shall adopt a policy to  ensure
that  each regular education teacher, special education teacher, related
service provider, and other service provider who is responsible for  the
implementation  of a student's individualized education program shall be
given a copy of such student's individualized education program prior to
the implementation of such program.   EACH  REGULAR  EDUCATION  TEACHER,
SPECIAL  EDUCATION  TEACHER,  RELATED SERVICE PROVIDER AND OTHER SERVICE
PROVIDER RECEIVING  A  COPY  OF  A  STUDENT'S  INDIVIDUALIZED  EDUCATION
PROGRAM SHALL SIGN A FORM TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE COMMISSIONER, INDICAT-
ING  THAT THE PERSON SIGNING THE FORM HAD RECEIVED AND REVIEWED THE COPY
OF THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDED TO THEM.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  after  it  shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11779-01-9

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