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Senate Bill S713

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "unique abilities employment act"

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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2025-S713 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §55-d, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9615

2025-S713 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the "unique abilities employment act" relating to the employment of persons with developmental disabilities by school districts.

2025-S713 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S713 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    713
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the employment  of
   persons with developmental disabilities by school districts

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "unique abilities employment act".
   §  2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 55-d to
 read as follows:
   § 55-D. EMPLOYMENT  OF  PERSONS  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES  BY
 SCHOOL  DISTRICTS.  1.  THE  COMMISSION  MAY  DETERMINE  UP TO SEVENTEEN
 HUNDRED POSITIONS IN A SCHOOL  DISTRICT  WITH  DUTIES  SUCH  AS  CAN  BE
 PERFORMED  BY  PERSONS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, INCLUDING INTEL-
 LECTUAL DISABILITIES, CEREBRAL PALSY,  DOWN  SYNDROME,  AUTISM  SPECTRUM
 DISORDERS,  PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENTS WHO
 ARE FOUND OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SATISFACTORILY  THE  DUTIES  OF
 ANY  SUCH  POSITION.  POSITIONS DESIGNATED TO BE FILLED PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION MAY BE FILLED ON A  FULL-TIME  OR  PART-TIME  BASIS.  UPON  SUCH
 DETERMINATION  THE  SAID POSITIONS SHALL BE CLASSIFIED IN THE NONCOMPET-
 ITIVE CLASS, AND MAY BE FILLED ONLY  BY  PERSONS  WHO  SHALL  HAVE  BEEN
 CERTIFIED BY THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICE
 FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  DEVELOPMENTAL  DISABILITIES, AS BEING A PERSON WITH A
 DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. THE NUMBER OF PERSONS  APPOINTED  PURSUANT  TO
 THIS SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED SEVENTEEN HUNDRED.
   2.  THOSE EMPLOYEES HIRED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 SHALL BE AFFORDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE PROMOTIONAL  EXAMINATIONS
 AS PROVIDED TO EMPLOYEES IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02648-01-5

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