Assembly Bill A982A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Establishes that all school districts are approved evaluators of preschool students suspected of having a disability

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S1694 - Signed by Governor

  • 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-A982 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1694
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4410, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7730, S5360
2015-2016: A10482, S2142, S6505

2017-A982 - Summary

Establishes that all school districts are approved evaluators of preschool students suspected of having a disability.

2017-A982 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    982
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing that  all
   school   districts  are  approved  evaluators  of  preschool  students
   suspected of having a disability
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 9-a of section 4410
 of the education law, paragraph (a) as amended by  chapter  581  of  the
 laws  of  2011  and  paragraph (c) as added by chapter 82 of the laws of
 1995, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) A [school district or a] group of  appropriately  licensed  and/or
 certified  professionals  associated with a public or private agency may
 apply to the commissioner  for  approval  as  an  evaluator  on  a  form
 prescribed  by  the  commissioner. The commissioner shall approve evalu-
 ators pursuant to this subdivision consistent with the approval  process
 for  the  multi-disciplinary  evaluation  component of programs approved
 pursuant to subdivision nine of this section consistent with regulations
 adopted pursuant to such subdivision. ALL SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  ARE  DEEMED
 APPROVED EVALUATORS OF PRESCHOOL STUDENTS SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABIL-
 ITY WITHOUT THE NEED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE COMMISSIONER.
   Such  application  shall include, but not be limited to, a description
 of the multi-disciplinary evaluation services proposed  to  be  provided
 and a demonstration that all agency employees and staff who provide such
 evaluation  services  shall  have  appropriate  licensure and/or certif-
 ication and that  the  individual  who  shall  have  direct  supervision
 responsibilities  over  such  staff  shall  have an appropriate level of
 experience in providing evaluation or services to preschool  or  kinder-
 garten-aged  children  with disabilities. To be eligible for approval as
 an evaluator under this subdivision on and after July first,  two  thou-
 sand  eleven,  a  group  of  appropriately licensed or certified profes-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2017-A982A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1694
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4410, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A7730, S5360
2015-2016: A10482, S2142, S6505

2017-A982A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that all school districts are approved evaluators of preschool students suspected of having a disability.

2017-A982A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  982--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. NOLAN, KEARNS -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing that all
   school  districts  are  approved  evaluators  of  preschool   students
   suspected of having a disability
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subdivision 9-a of section  4410
 of  the  education  law,  paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 581 of the
 laws of 2011 and paragraph (c) as added by chapter 82  of  the  laws  of
 1995, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  A  [school  district or a] group of appropriately licensed and/or
 certified professionals associated with a public or private  agency  may
 apply  to  the  commissioner  for  approval  as  an  evaluator on a form
 prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner  shall  approve  evalu-
 ators  pursuant to this subdivision consistent with the approval process
 for the multi-disciplinary evaluation  component  of  programs  approved
 pursuant to subdivision nine of this section consistent with regulations
 adopted  pursuant  to  such subdivision. ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DEEMED
 APPROVED EVALUATORS OF PRESCHOOL STUDENTS SUSPECTED OF HAVING A DISABIL-
 ITY WITHOUT THE NEED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION  TO  THE  COMMISSIONER  IF
 STAFF WHO PROVIDE SUCH EVALUATION SERVICES SHALL HAVE APPROPRIATE LICEN-
 SURE AND/OR CERTIFICATION.
   Such  application  shall include, but not be limited to, a description
 of the multi-disciplinary evaluation services proposed  to  be  provided
 and a demonstration that all agency employees and staff who provide such
 evaluation  services  shall  have  appropriate  licensure and/or certif-
 ication and that  the  individual  who  shall  have  direct  supervision
 responsibilities  over  such  staff  shall  have an appropriate level of
 experience in providing evaluation or services to preschool  or  kinder-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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