Assembly Bill A8573

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
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  • Delivered to Governor
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2015-A8573 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1576
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2590-h, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A10580, S7630
2011-2012: A2319, S264
2013-2014: A1784, S1326
2017-2018: A1347, S3731
2019-2020: A8669, S725
2021-2022: A7154, A9547, S9153
2023-2024: A1062, S911

2015-A8573 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change.

2015-A8573 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8573

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            November 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, ARROYO, MOSLEY, FAHY, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED
  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to requiring that all
  special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or
  to undergo a significant change be assigned to new  schools  prior  to
  the implementation of the closing or change

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision 2-a of section 2590-h
of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of  2009,  are
amended to read as follows:
  (b)  Such  educational  impact  statement  shall include the following
information regarding the proposed school closing or significant  change
in school utilization:
  (i) the current and projected pupil enrollment of the affected school,
the prospective need for such school building, the ramifications of such
school  closing  or  significant  change  in school utilization upon the
community, initial costs and savings resulting from such school  closing
or significant change in school utilization, the potential disposability
of any closed school;
  (ii)  the impacts of the proposed school closing or significant change
in school utilization to any affected students;
  (iii) an outline of any proposed or potential use of the school build-
ing for other educational programs or administrative services;
  (iv) the effect of such school closing or significant change in school
utilization on personnel  needs,  the  costs  of  instruction,  adminis-
tration, transportation, and other support services;
  (v)  the  type,  age,  and physical condition of such school building,
maintenance, and energy costs, recent or planned  improvements  to  such
school building, and such building's special features;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02227-01-5

              

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