S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 15, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Griffin) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing school aid
for children with disabilities through the end of the school year in
which they reach twenty-two years of age
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 4402 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
5. Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary or
the provisions of section thirty-two hundred two of this chapter, a
child with a disability who reaches the age of [twenty-one] TWENTY-TWO
during (a) the period commencing with the first day of July and ending
on the thirty-first day of August shall if otherwise eligible, be enti-
tled to continue in a July and August program until the thirty-first day
of August or until the termination of the summer program, whichever
shall first occur; or (b) the period commencing on the first day of
September and ending on the thirtieth day of June shall be entitled to
continue in such program until the thirtieth day of June or until the
termination of the school year, whichever shall first occur.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15647-01-6
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