Senate Bill S10007A

                             
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                                 10007--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 22, 2026
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 Introduced  by Sens. LIU, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City  Educa-
   tion  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  submission  of
   requests  to  the  committee  on special education for the educational
   services mandated by an individualized education services program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3602-c of the education law is amended by adding
 two new subdivisions 2-d and 2-e  to read as follows:
   2-D. FOR EDUCATION PROVIDED TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES BEGINNING IN
 THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL  YEAR  AND
 EACH SCHOOL YEAR THEREAFTER, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOCATION SHALL ANNU-
 ALLY  PROVIDE  WRITTEN NOTICE TO PARENTS OR PERSONS IN PARENTAL RELATION
 TO ALL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO HAVE BEEN PARENTALLY-PLACED IN AND
 ARE ATTENDING NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS  WITHIN  THEIR  DISTRICT  REGARDING  THE
 PROCESS  FOR  REQUESTING  SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES. SUCH NOTICE SHALL:
 (I) BE PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE TWELVE MOST COMMON  NON-ENGLISH  LANGUAGES
 SPOKEN  BY LIMITED-ENGLISH PROFICIENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE STATE, BASED ON
 THE DATA IN THE MOST RECENT AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY PUBLISHED  BY  THE
 UNITED  STATES  CENSUS BUREAU, EXCEPT THAT ANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A
 CITY HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE  INHABITANTS  SHALL
 PROVIDE  TRANSLATIONS  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THAT DISTRICT'S ESTABLISHED
 POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR PARENT-FACING TRANSLATION SERVICES;  (II)  BE
 PROVIDED  AT  LEAST  TWENTY-EIGHT  DAYS  BEFORE  ANY  DEADLINES BY WHICH
 REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES MUST BE SUBMITTED; (III) SPECIFY
 ALL DEADLINES BY WHICH REQUESTS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES  MUST  BE
 SUBMITTED;  (IV)  CLEARLY  DESCRIBE  THE  PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING SUCH
 REQUESTS AND DETAIL ANY REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION; AND (V) PROVIDE  CONTACT
 INFORMATION FOR OBTAINING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE REGARDING
 THE APPLICATION PROCESS.
   2-E.  A.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL APPLY SOLELY TO ANY
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN A CITY HAVING A POPULATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD03202-13-6
 S. 10007--A                         2

 MORE  INHABITANTS,  FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR.
   B.  ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST FRIDAY OF OCTOBER, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX,
 A PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO A STUDENT WHO HAD AN INDIVID-
 UALIZED  EDUCATION  SERVICES  PROGRAM,  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO-B OF
 THIS SECTION, FOR THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
 SCHOOL YEAR AND WHO WAS OBLIGATED TO FILE A REQUEST FOR SERVICES  ON  OR
 BEFORE  THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  JUNE, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, PURSUANT TO
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, BUT  FAILED  TO  DO  SO,  AND  DID  NOT
 RECEIVE  SOME  OF  OR  ALL  OF THE SERVICES RECOMMENDED ON THE STUDENT'S
 INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM BECAUSE  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
 DID NOT MAKE THEM AVAILABLE, MAY CONTACT THE COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCA-
 TION  OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LOCATION AND REQUEST AN EXPEDITED ANNUAL
 REVIEW OF THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM, WHICH  WILL  BE
 CONDUCTED WITHIN SIXTY CALENDAR DAYS OF SUCH REQUEST. IN ADVANCE OF SUCH
 REVIEW,  THE  PARENT OR PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO THE STUDENT SHALL
 HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THE COMMITTEE WITH  ANY  INFORMATION  OR
 DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO HOW SUCH MISSED SERVICES IMPACTED THE STUDENT'S
 EDUCATIONAL  PROGRESS  DURING THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR. AT SUCH REVIEW, THE COMMITTEE AND THE PARENT OR
 PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION TO THE STUDENT SHALL DISCUSS ANY SUCH INFOR-
 MATION AND DOCUMENTATION AND DETERMINE WHETHER THE  FAILURE  TO  RECEIVE
 SUCH SERVICES SIGNIFICANTLY AND NEGATIVELY IMPACTED THE STUDENT'S EDUCA-
 TIONAL  PROGRESS DURING THE TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR--TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-FIVE SCHOOL YEAR. THE COMMITTEE SHALL INCORPORATE ANY  SUCH  DETERMI-
 NATION  OF  IMPACT  INTO  THE SERVICES RECOMMENDED ON ANY INDIVIDUALIZED
 EDUCATION SERVICES PROGRAM FOR THE STUDENT FOR THE TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 SIX--TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOL YEAR AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS THERE-
 AFTER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.