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Senate Bill S10451

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring boards of education to allow access to attorneys for certain children

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Children And Families Committee

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2025-S10451 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Children And Families
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Add §422-d, Soc Serv L

2025-S10451 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires boards of education and school districts to allow children involved in an investigation or proceeding relating to abuse and/or neglect reasonable access to court appointed attorneys.

2025-S10451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10451
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring boards
   of education and school districts to allow  access  to  attorneys  for
   certain children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
 422-d to read as follows:
   §  422-D. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; ACCESS TO COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS
 IN SCHOOLS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  EACH BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE ANY
 CHILD INVOLVED IN AN INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ALLEGATIONS
 OF ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT WITH REASONABLE ACCESS TO THEIR COURT  APPOINTED
 ATTORNEYS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO REQUIRE
 THAT  SUCH  ACCESS  BE PROVIDED FOR MATTERS SOLELY INVOLVING ADOPTION OR
 CUSTODY DETERMINATIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15668-02-6

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