Senate Bill S1877

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-S1877 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2559
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4410-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S6373, A8639
2019-2020: S4833, A4183

2017-S1877 (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-S1877 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S1877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1877
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  AVELLA -- 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  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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