Senate Bill S7824

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to funding for special act school districts and children with special needs

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2017-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9911
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Add §§4007 & 4008, amd §§4004 & 4405, Ed L; amd §494, Soc Serv L; add §§563 & 564, Exec L

2017-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to funding for special act school districts and children with special needs.

2017-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7824

SPONSOR: MURPHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, the social services
law, and the executive law, in relation to funding for special act
school districts and children with special needs

 
PURPOSE:

Relates to funding for special act school districts and children with
special needs.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 adds a new section 4007 of the Education Law to exempt special
act schools districts from annual performance evaluations.  Section 2
amends section 4004 of the Education Law to authorize special act
schools districts to establish a stabilization reserve fund. Section 3
and 4 of the bill amend section 4405 of the Education Law to address
tuition methodology and reimbursable costs for education of students
with disabilities in private residential and nonresidential school and

excessive staff turnover at schools for students with disabilities.
Section 5 adds a new section 4008 of the Education Law and section 6
amends section 494 of the Social Services Law regarding allegations of
abuse and neglect. Section 7 adds a new section 563 to the Executive Law
to establish joint at educational facilities overseen by the justice
center and other agencies. Section 8 adds a new section 564 of the Exec-
utive Law about hearing officers.  Section 9 establishes the effective
date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This legislation provides fiscal and programmatic stability as well as
regulatory relief and provides, in statute, due process for the
professions who work in 4410, 4201, 853, and Special Act schools.  These
professionals have dedicated their lives and professions to the students
that attend these schools, many with intense needs that cannot be met by
traditional public schools in New York State. The children that attend
these specialty schools deserve educational funding parity, that will
allow them to be on par with children that attend traditional public
schools in their community Doing so will give them the opportunity to
thrive at these institutions serving pre-school-age and school-age chil-
dren with specialized requirements and intense needs.

While both Special Act schools and 853 schools received a modest
increase in funding over the past three years, the many years of stag-
nant funding and increased costs endanger the future of these insti-
tutions. Several Special Act school districts have been forced to close,
and others are facing dire financial situations. Schools that serve the
blind and deaf, 4201 schools, have also received modest increases in
funding over the last three years. However, the chronic underfunding of
these programs has negatively impacted education and enrichment for
these students. Public 4410 programs have seen significant shortfalls,
and providers will likely need to continue to rely on short-term borrow-
ing until proper reimbursement is made. Funding for these programs
should be increased to support the actual needs of the students. These
specialized schools are funded through a rate-setting process rather
than school aid formulas. They do not receive the same percentage
increase from the state that is afforded to public school districts. In
addition, these institutions have no taxing authority, so they are
entirely reliant on the state tuition rate-making system to generate
revenue to support their operations.

The state needs these schools and should ensure that they receive
adequate funding increases so they can both educate our children and
better plan and prepare for the future without the worry of financial
insolvency. In providing a "free appropriate public education" to all
students, New York invests in a diverse array of programs to serve the
unique educational needs of the state's most vulnerable, traumatized,
disabled and marginalized youth. These schools provide education and
related services to school-age students who, for many reasons, are
unable to be served by either the local public schools or BOCES. These
schools are specifically designed to meet the intense needs of students
placed by the juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health, develop-
mental disabilities and special education systems. This vital continuum
provides students with disabilities or with severe behavioral,
emotional, educational or physical challenges, both day and residential
options to meet their individual educational and therapeutic needs.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2017-S7824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7824
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, the  social  services  law,  and  the
   executive law, in relation to funding for special act school districts
   and children with special needs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  4007
 to read as follows:
   § 4007. ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS.  SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
 AS  AUTHORIZED  IN THIS ARTICLE, SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN
 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS, AS AUTHORIZED PURSUANT TO SECTION  THREE
 THOUSAND TWELVE-D OF THIS CHAPTER.
   §  2.  Section  4004  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL  BE
 AUTHORIZED  TO  ESTABLISH A FISCAL STABILIZATION RESERVE FUND. THERE MAY
 BE PAID INTO SUCH FUND AN AMOUNT AS MAY  BE  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  THE
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  PARAGRAPH  K OF SUBDIVISION FOUR OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR
 HUNDRED FIVE OF THIS TITLE.
   § 3. Subdivision 4 of section 4405 of the education law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph k to read as follows:
   K.  (I)  THE TUITION METHODOLOGY ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION FOR THE TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN--TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR
 AND  ANNUALLY THEREAFTER SHALL AUTHORIZE APPROVED PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL OR
 NON-RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS FOR THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH  DISABILITIES
 THAT  ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE, AND SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICTS, TO
 RETAIN FUNDS  IN  EXCESS  OF  THEIR  ALLOWABLE  AND  REIMBURSABLE  COSTS
 INCURRED FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS.  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  FUNDS  THAT  MAY  BE  ANNUALLY RETAINED SHALL NOT EXCEED ONE
 PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL'S OR SCHOOL DISTRICT'S TOTAL ALLOWABLE  AND  REIM-
 BURSABLE COSTS FOR SERVICES AND PROGRAMS PROVIDED TO SCHOOL-AGE STUDENTS
 FOR  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR FROM WHICH THE FUNDS ARE TO BE RETAINED; PROVIDED
 THAT THE TOTAL ACCUMULATED BALANCE THAT MAY BE RETAINED SHALL NOT EXCEED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14719-01-8

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 FOUR PERCENT OF SUCH TOTAL COSTS FOR SUCH  SCHOOL  YEAR.  FUNDS  MAY  BE
 EXPENDED ONLY PURSUANT TO AN AUTHORIZATION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE
 SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT, FOR A PURPOSE EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED AS PART OF
 THE  APPROVED TUITION METHODOLOGY FOR THE YEAR IN WHICH THE FUNDS ARE TO
 BE EXPENDED. THE DIRECTOR  OF  THE  BUDGET,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE
 COMMISSIONER,  SHALL  ESTABLISH THE AUTHORIZED USES FOR THE EXPENDITURES
 OF SUCH FUNDS AS PART OF THE APPROVED TUITION METHODOLOGY. ANY SCHOOL OR
 SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT RETAINS FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH  SHALL  BE
 REQUIRED TO ANNUALLY REPORT A STATEMENT OF THE TOTAL BALANCE OF ANY SUCH
 RETAINED  FUNDS,  THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, RETAINED IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR,
 AN AMOUNT, IF ANY, DISPERSED IN THE PRIOR SCHOOL  YEAR,  AND  ANY  ADDI-
 TIONAL  INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL
 REPORTS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE ANNUALLY SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  A  SPECIAL  ACT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  AS  AUTHORIZED  UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE, OR AN
 EDUCATIONAL OR RESIDENTIAL FACILITY,  AS  AUTHORIZED  BY  CHAPTER  EIGHT
 HUNDRED  FIFTY-THREE  OF  THE  LAWS  OF NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX, AN
 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE EIGHT-FIVE  OF  THIS
 TITLE,  OR A PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE, FOR AID PAYABLE FOR THE
 TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER,
 SHALL RECEIVE AT MINIMUM, THE SAME PERCENTAGE INCREASE AS THAT OF GENER-
 AL SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS  AS  ENACTED  IN  THE  STATE  BUDGET  WHEN
 COMPARED TO THE ENACTED STATE BUDGET IN THE BASE YEAR.
   §  4.  Section  4405  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. A. WITHIN FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE THERE SHALL BE  ADDI-
 TIONAL  AID PAYABLE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER TO  SCHOOLS  PROVIDING  SPECIAL  SERVICES  OR
 PROGRAMS AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE AND PARAGRAPHS E, G, L, OF SUBDI-
 VISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  FORTY-FOUR  HUNDRED  ONE  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND
 APPROVED PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FULL AND  HALF-DAY  EDUCATIONAL
 PROGRAMS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED TEN OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE  TO HELP PREVENT EXCESSIVE STAFF TURNOVER THROUGH A TARGETED ADJUST-
 MENT OF COMPENSATION FOR RELATED SERVICES PROVIDERS AS DEFINED IN  PARA-
 GRAPH  K  OF  SUBDIVISION  TWO OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
 ARTICLE, PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES TO  STUDENTS  AT  SUCH  SCHOOLS.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  SHALL  DEVELOP AN ALLOCATION PLAN, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL
 OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, THAT DISTRIBUTES FUNDS APPROPRIATED HERE-
 IN AMONG ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.
   B. WITHIN FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE  THERE  SHALL  BE  ADDI-
 TIONAL  AID PAYABLE FOR THE TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN--TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN
 SCHOOL YEAR AND THEREAFTER TO SCHOOLS FOR THE BLIND  AND  DEAF  TO  HELP
 PREVENT EXCESSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND DIRECT SERVICES STAFF TURNOVER
 THROUGH  A  TARGETED  ADJUSTMENT  OF COMPENSATION FOR TEACHERS PROVIDING
 DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES AND RELATED SERVICES PROVIDERS AS  DEFINED
 IN  PARAGRAPH  K OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION FORTY-FOUR HUNDRED ONE OF
 THIS ARTICLE, PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES TO STUDENTS AT SUCH SCHOOLS. THE
 COMMISSIONER SHALL DEVELOP AN ALLOCATION PLAN, SUBJECT TO  THE  APPROVAL
 OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, THAT DISTRIBUTES FUNDS APPROPRIATED HERE-
 IN AMONG ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.
   § 5. The education law is amended by adding a new section 4008 to read
 as follows:
   §  4008.  EXPUNCTION  OF  A  RECORD.  ANY  PERSON  EMPLOYED, INCLUDING
 LICENSED OR  CREDENTIALED  PERSON  EMPLOYED  BY  A  SPECIAL  ACT  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT,  AS  AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ARTICLE, AN EDUCATIONAL OR RESIDEN-
 TIAL FACILITY, AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE

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 LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SIX,  AN  EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION  AS
 AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS TITLE, OR A PROGRAM AUTHOR-
 IZED BY ARTICLE EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS TITLE, SHALL UPON NOTIFICATION OF AN
 UNSUBSTANTIATED  ALLEGATION  OF  ABUSE  OR NEGLECT AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 FOUR HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW, HAVE THE RECORD  OF
 UNSUBSTANTIATED  ALLEGATION  OF  ABUSE  OR  NEGLECT  EXPUNGED FROM THEIR
 LICENSE, CREDENTIAL, AND/OR PERSONNEL RECORD.
   § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 494 of the social services law, as added
 by section 1 of part B of chapter 501 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. (a) THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION OF AN ALLEGATION  OF  ABUSE  OR
 NEGLECT  SHALL BE NOTIFIED OF THEIR STATUS AS THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTI-
 GATION OF AN ALLEGATION OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT WITHIN FIVE CALENDAR DAYS OF
 THE RECEIPT OF AN ALLEGATION AGAINST SUCH SUBJECT. THE JUSTICE CENTER OR
 COOPERATING OVERSIGHT AGENCY SHALL HAVE  AN  ADDITIONAL  SIXTY  CALENDAR
 DAYS  TO COMPLETE ITS INVESTIGATION, CONDUCT ANY HEARINGS, AND TO INFORM
 THE SUBJECT OF THE ALLEGATION OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT OF THE OUTCOME OF  THE
 INVESTIGATION. THE SUBJECT OF AN INVESTIGATION OF AN ALLEGATION OF ABUSE
 OR  NEGLECT  MAY  BE  SUSPENDED PENDING A HEARING ON THE CHARGES AND THE
 FINAL DETERMINATION THEREOF. THE SUSPENSION SHALL BE  WITH  PAY,  EXCEPT
 THE  EMPLOYEE MAY BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY IF THE EMPLOYEE HAS ENTERED A
 GUILTY PLEA TO OR HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY  CRIME  CONCERNING  THE
 CRIMINAL  SALE OR POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, A PRECURSOR OF A
 CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, OR DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AS DEFINED  IN  ARTICLE  TWO
 HUNDRED  TWENTY  OR TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THE PENAL LAW; OR A FELONY
 CRIME INVOLVING THE PHYSICAL ABUSE OF A MINOR OR STUDENT. THE  IMPARTIAL
 HEARING  OFFICE,  AS  DEFINED  BY SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR OF THE
 EXECUTIVE LAW, SHALL RENDER  A  DECISION  WITHIN  FIFTEEN  DAYS  OF  THE
 COMPLETION  OF  THE  INVESTIGATORY  PERIOD IF SUBSTANTIATED CHARGES WERE
 MADE. At any time subsequent to the completion of an investigation of an
 allegation of abuse or neglect, but in no event later than  thirty  days
 after  the subject of the report is notified that the report is substan-
 tiated, the subject may request that  the  vulnerable  persons'  central
 register  amend  the  findings  of  the report. If the register does not
 amend the findings of the report in accordance with  such  request,  the
 subject  shall  have  the right to be heard before an administrative law
 judge, to determine whether the findings of the report should be amended
 on the grounds  that  they  are  inaccurate  or  inconsistent  with  the
 provisions in this article. The office shall establish [an appeals proc-
 ess]  A PROCESS OF NOTIFICATION OF APPEALS, WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS OF
 NOTIFICATION OF A DECISION, by which the subject of the report is  noti-
 fied  of  the  right  to appeal and the procedure by which he or she may
 challenge the determination that a report is substantiated,  with  a  de
 novo standard of review.
   (b) If the administrative law judge determines that the justice center
 failed  to prove by a preponderance of the evidence the finding that the
 subject committed the act or acts  of  abuse  or  neglect,  the  justice
 center  shall  amend the record to reflect that such a finding was made,
 and shall [promptly] WITHIN FIVE CALENDAR DAYS, notify  the  subject  of
 the  report and any other persons or entities previously notified of the
 existence of the report of the amended finding.  Such  report  shall  be
 sealed  in  accordance  with  the  standards  set  forth in section four
 hundred ninety-six of this article.
   § 7. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 563 to  read
 as follows:

 S. 7824                             4
 
   §  563.  JOINT  TRAINING.  THE JUSTICE CENTER SHALL BIANNUALLY CONDUCT
 REGIONAL JOINT TRAININGS ON OVERSIGHT  AND  STANDARDS  WITH  EDUCATIONAL
 INSTITUTIONS  AND  FACILITIES  THAT  THE  JUSTICE CENTER AND COOPERATING
 OVERSIGHT AGENCIES EXERCISE JURISDICTION OVER TO ENSURE EQUAL  STANDARDS
 AND  ENFORCEMENT  AMONG  THE  DIFFERENT  REGIONS OF THE STATE. THE JOINT
 TRAININGS PARTICIPANTS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO:  JUSTICE
 CENTER  HEADQUARTER STAFF, JUSTICE CENTER REGIONAL OFFICE STAFF, JUSTICE
 CENTER AND  COOPERATING  OVERSIGHT  AGENCIES  INVESTIGATIVE  STAFF,  THE
 BARGAINING  UNIT, IF ANY, OF ANY EMPLOYEE OF AN EDUCATION INSTITUTION OR
 FACILITY UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE JUSTICE CENTER  OR  ANY  COOPERATING
 OVERSIGHT  AGENCIES,  AND  EMPLOYEES  FROM EACH JOB CLASSIFICATION AT AN
 EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OR FACILITY UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF  THE  JUSTICE
 CENTER OR ANY COOPERATING OVERSIGHT AGENCIES.
   §  8. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 564 to read
 as follows:
   § 564. HEARING OFFICERS. 1. ALL  HEARINGS  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION
 SHALL  BE  CONDUCTED  BEFORE AND BY A SINGLE HEARING OFFICER SELECTED AS
 PROVIDED FOR IN THIS SECTION. A HEARING OFFICER SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO
 SERVE IN SUCH POSITION IF  HE  OR  SHE  IS  A  RESIDENT  OF  THE  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, OTHER THAN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE
 EMPLOYING  BOARD  OR AGENCY, AN EMPLOYEE, AGENT OR REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
 EMPLOYING BOARD OR OF ANY LABOR ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING  EMPLOYEES  OF
 SUCH  EMPLOYING  BOARD  OR AGENCY, HAS SERVED AS SUCH AGENT OR REPRESEN-
 TATIVE WITHIN TWO YEARS OF THE DATE OF THE SCHEDULED HEARING, OR  IF  HE
 OR  SHE  IS THEN SERVING AS A MEDIATOR OR FACT FINDER IN THE SAME SCHOOL
 DISTRICT. THE PROCESS FOR SELECTION  OF  AN  IMPARTIAL  HEARING  OFFICER
 SHALL  BE  AS  SIMILAR  AS  POSSIBLE TO THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE
 APPOINTMENT OF AN IMPARTIAL HEARING OFFICER FOR DUE PROCESS COMPLAINTS.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FOR THE PURPOSES  OF  THIS
 ACT,  FOR ANY ALLEGATIONS OR CHARGES, OTHER THAN CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS OR
 CHARGES,  ANY  PERSONS,  INCLUDING  LICENSED  OR  CREDENTIALED   PERSONS
 EMPLOYED  BY  A SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE
 EIGHTY-ONE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR AN EDUCATIONAL OR RESIDENTIAL FACIL-
 ITY, AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE  LAWS  OF
 NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SIX, AN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION AS AUTHORIZED
 UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, OR A PROGRAM  AUTHORIZED
 BY ARTICLE EIGHTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REPRE-
 SENTATION  BY  A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BARGAINING UNIT OR REPRESENTATION
 SECURED BY THE PERSON EMPLOYED, TO BE PRESENT IN  ANY  INVESTIGATION  BY
 THE JUSTICE CENTER OR ANY COOPERATING OVERSIGHT AGENCIES.
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS
 ACT, FOR ANY CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS OR  CHARGES,  ANY  PERSONS,  INCLUDING
 LICENSED  OR  CREDENTIALED  PERSONS  EMPLOYED  BY  A  SPECIAL ACT SCHOOL
 DISTRICT, AS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTY-ONE OF THE  EDUCATION  LAW,
 OR  AN  EDUCATIONAL  OR  RESIDENTIAL  FACILITY, AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER
 EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-SIX,
 AN  EDUCATIONAL  INSTITUTION  AS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE EIGHTY-FIVE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW, OR A PROGRAM AUTHORIZED BY ARTICLE EIGHTY-NINE OF THE
 EDUCATION LAW, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REPRESENTATION BY  A  REPRESENTATIVE
 OF THE BARGAINING UNIT OR REPRESENTATION SECURED BY THE PERSON EMPLOYED,
 TO  BE PRESENT IN ANY INVESTIGATION BY THE JUSTICE CENTER OR ANY COOPER-
 ATING OVERSIGHT AGENCIES.
   § 9. This act shall take effect immediately.

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