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Assembly Bill A5333

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires all school districts to purchase and provide assistive technology devices when an item is put on a student's individualized education program

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2025-A5333 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10232
2021-2022: A5030
2023-2024: A4491

2025-A5333 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires all school districts to purchase and provide assistive technology devices no later than two months after an item is put on a student's individualized education program.

2025-A5333 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5333
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring  all  school
   districts to purchase and provide assistive technology devices when an
   item is put on an individualized education program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 63 to read as follows:
   63. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED  TO  PROMULGATE  RULES
 AND  REGULATIONS TO REQUIRE ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PURCHASE AND PROVIDE
 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES AND SERVICES AS  REQUIRED  BY  A  STUDENT'S
 INDIVIDUALIZED  EDUCATION  PROGRAM.  SUCH  DEVICES AND SERVICES SHALL BE
 PURCHASED AND PROVIDED NO LATER THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER THE  COMMITTEE  ON
 SPECIAL  EDUCATION  MEETS  AND DEEMS SUCH ITEM AND/OR SERVICES NECESSARY
 FOR THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02399-01-5

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