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Jan 06, 2010 |
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Jan 27, 2009 |
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Senate Bill S1199
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S1199 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3204, Ed L
2009-S1199 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1199 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing supplemental instructional after school programs for pupils with autism spectrum disorder PURPOSE : To provide children with autism spectrum disorder with supplemental instructional after school programs. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of this section 3204 of the education law, as added by chapter 53 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as followed. JUSTIFICATION : There are not enough after school programs offered to children with autism spectrum disorder With the growing number of children being diagnosed with this neurobiological disorder, there is more of a need to offer after school programs to these children. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY : 01/09/08 REFERRED TO EDUCATION
2009-S1199 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1199 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 27, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing supplemental instructional after school programs for pupils with autism spectrum disorder THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 4-a of section 3204 of the education law, as added by chapter 53 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: 4-a. Special education. A. Every pupil, having been determined to be a "child with a handicapping condition" by a committee on the handicapped, shall be offered an opportunity to receive the benefits of an appropri- ate public education as prescribed in article eighty-nine of this chap- ter. B. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVING STATE FUNDS SHALL PROVIDE A SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONAL AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR PUPILS WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND MAY CONTRACT WITH A BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE SUCH AN AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, PROVIDED THAT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARDS SHALL PROVIDE SUCH PROGRAM IN THE SCHOOLS WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTIONS. SUCH SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTION SHALL BE TAUGHT BY A TEACHER OR INSTRUCTOR WHO HAS BEEN CERTIFIED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION THREE THOU- SAND FOUR OF THIS TITLE IN THE AREA OF AUTISTIC NEEDS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER" MEANS A NEUROBIOLOGICAL CONDITION THAT INCLUDES AUTISM, ASPERGER SYNDROME, RETT'S SYNDROME, OR PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of September next succeeding 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. LBD04871-01-9
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