Senate Bill S513

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the establishment of Recovery High Schools by boards of cooperative educational services

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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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2019-S513 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A743
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1950, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S5537, A8380

2019-S513 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the establishment of recovery high schools by boards of cooperative educational services.

2019-S513 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S513 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    513
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  establishment  of
   Recovery High Schools by boards of cooperative educational services

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section  1950  of  the  education  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph pp to read as follows:
   PP.  BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MAY PROVIDE A COLLABO-
 RATIVE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM KNOWN AS A "RECOVERY  HIGH  SCHOOL"
 FOR  STUDENTS  (I)  DIAGNOSED WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, AS DEFINED BY
 THE DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS  V,  AND  (II)
 WHO  HAVE  DEMONSTRATED  A  COMMITMENT  TO RECOVERY. PROVIDED THAT THERE
 SHALL BE NO LESS THAN FIVE RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOLS OPENED  AND  AUTHORIZED
 BY  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  THE  OFFICE OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE
 SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  COMMISSIONER,  PROVIDED  FURTHER  THAT
 EACH  RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL SHALL CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM ELEMENTS:
 (A) A COMPREHENSIVE FOUR YEAR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION,  (B)  A  STRUCTURED
 PLAN  OF  RECOVERY  FOR  STUDENTS, (C) A PARTNERSHIP WITH A LOCAL SOCIAL
 SERVICES AGENCY WITH EXPERTISE IN  SUBSTANCE  USE  DISORDER  AND  MENTAL
 HEALTH,  AND  (D)  ANY OTHER PROGRAM ELEMENTS PURSUANT TO REGULATIONS OF
 THE COMMISSIONER OF ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES.
   (1) PROGRAM AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, INCLUDING CAPITAL  COSTS,  ALLO-
 CATED  TO  COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A RECOVERY HIGH
 SCHOOL PROGRAM PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  BOCES
 AID  AS  AN  AIDABLE  SHARED  SERVICE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND COSTS
 ALLOCATED TO A PARTICIPATING NON-COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICT PURSUANT TO A
 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL BE  AIDABLE  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
 FIVE  OF  THIS SECTION TO THE SAME EXTENT AND ON THE SAME BASIS AS COSTS
 ALLOCATED TO A COMPONENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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