Assembly Bill A2559

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Ensures that preschoolers with disabilities living in temporary housing shall maintain enrollment in their preschool special education program in the district of origin

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A2559 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1877
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4410-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A8639, S6373
2019-2020: A4183, S4833

2017-A2559 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures that preschoolers with disabilities living in temporary housing shall maintain enrollment in their preschool special education program in the district of origin.

2017-A2559 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2559
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to the education of a
   preschool child with a handicapping condition
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.   Paragraphs d, e and g of subdivision 1 of section 4410-a
 of the education law, as amended by chapter 705 of the laws of 1992, are
 amended and a new paragraph i is added to read as follows:
   d. "Municipality of current location" FOR A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE OR  A
 CHILD  IN  RESIDENTIAL  CARE  shall mean a municipality in which a child
 lives which is different from the municipality in which a child or  such
 child's  family  lived  at  the  time a social services district assumed
 responsibility for the placement of such child or family, or at the time
 such child was admitted for care and/or treatment in a facility licensed
 or operated by another state agency.   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  FOR  A
 CHILD  WHO IS HOMELESS "MUNICIPALITY OF CURRENT LOCATION" SHALL MEAN THE
 MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE HOTEL,  MOTEL,  SHELTER,  OR  OTHER  TEMPORARY
 HOUSING  ARRANGEMENT  OF A HOMELESS CHILD IS LOCATED, WHICH IS DIFFERENT
 FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF RESIDENCE.
   e. "Municipality of residence" FOR A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE OR  A  CHILD
 IN RESIDENTIAL CARE shall mean the municipality in which a child or such
 child's  family  lived  at  the  time the local social services district
 assumed responsibility for the placement of such child or family, or  at
 the time such child was admitted for care and/or treatment in a facility
 licensed  or  operated  by another state agency. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 FOR A CHILD WHO IS HOMELESS "MUNICIPALITY OF RESIDENCE" SHALL  MEAN  THE
 MUNICIPALITY  IN WHICH A CHILD OR SUCH CHILD'S FAMILY LIVED WHEN CIRCUM-
 STANCES AROSE WHICH CAUSED SUCH CHILD TO BECOME HOMELESS.
   g. "School district of current location" FOR A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE OR
 A CHILD IN RESIDENTIAL CARE shall mean a  school  district  in  which  a
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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