Senate Bill S2107

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that a special education settlement agreement between a city school district in a city of one million or more and a child's parent or person in parental relation shall have a term of not less than 3 year

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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-S2107 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Add §9, Gen City L; amd §§4402 & 4404, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7079

2017-S2107 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a special education settlement agreement between a city school district in a city of one million or more and a child's parent or person in parental relation shall have a term of not less than 3 years; provides for the hearing of appeals of such school district's recommendation as to the provision of special education services and placement in a private school.

2017-S2107 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2107 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2107
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the general city law and the education law, in  relation
   to  the  duration  of  settlement agreements in a school district in a
   city having a population of one million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The general city law is amended by adding a new section 9
 to read as follows:
   § 9. DURATION OF SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS  INVOLVING  APPROPRIATE  EDUCA-
 TIONAL  PROGRAMS.   IN THE EVENT THAT AN APPEAL OF A RECOMMENDATION MADE
 PURSUANT TO ITEM (I) OF CLAUSE (B) OF SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARAGRAPH  B
 OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TWO OF THE EDUCATION
 LAW, IS RESOLVED BY THE SIGNING OF A SETTLEMENT  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  THE
 CHILD'S PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
 OF  THE  SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
 MORE, PURSUANT TO ITEM (II) OF CLAUSE (B) OF SUBPARAGRAPH THREE OF PARA-
 GRAPH B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION  FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THE
 EDUCATION LAW, THEN SUCH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE FOR A TERM OF NOT
 LESS THAN THREE YEARS, CONTINGENT UPON THERE BEING NO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE
 IN THE CHILD'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM, AND CONSISTENT WITH ANY
 OTHER APPLICABLE TIME PERIODS PRESCRIBED BY FEDERAL LAW.
   §  2.  Clause (b) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of
 section 4402 of the education law, as amended by chapter 378 of the laws
 of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) (i) Make recommendations based upon a written  evaluation  setting
 forth  the  reasons  for  the  recommendations, to the child's parent or
 person in parental relation and board of education  or  trustees  as  to
 appropriate  educational  programs  and placement in accordance with the
 provisions of subdivision six of section  forty-four  hundred  one-a  of
 this  article, and as to the advisability of continuation, modification,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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