New York S 79: Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change

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S00079 Summary:

BILL NOS00079 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10649

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SPONSORLIU

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §2590-h, Ed L

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Requires that all special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to the implementation of the closing or change.

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BILL NOS00079 

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

05/27/20251ST REPORT CAL.1303

05/28/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/29/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/04/2025PASSED SENATE

06/04/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2025referred to education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1168

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/28/2026PASSED SENATE

05/28/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/28/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 79

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring that all
 special education students attending schools scheduled to be closed or
 to undergo a significant change be assigned to new schools prior to
 the implementation of the closing or change

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subdivision 2-a of section 2590-h
 2 of the education law, as added by chapter 345 of the laws of 2009, are
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) Such educational impact statement shall include the following
 5 information regarding the proposed school closing or significant change
 6 in school utilization:
 7 (i) the current and projected pupil enrollment of the affected school,
 8 the prospective need for such school building, the ramifications of such
 9 school closing or significant change in school utilization upon the
 10 community, initial costs and savings resulting from such school closing
 11 or significant change in school utilization, the potential disposability
 12 of any closed school;
 13 (ii) the impacts of the proposed school closing or significant change
 14 in school utilization to any affected students;
 15 (iii) an outline of any proposed or potential use of the school build-
 16 ing for other educational programs or administrative services;
 17 (iv) the effect of such school closing or significant change in school
 18 utilization on personnel needs, the costs of instruction, adminis-
 19 tration, transportation, and other support services;
 20 (v) the type, age, and physical condition of such school building,
 21 maintenance, and energy costs, recent or planned improvements to such
 22 school building, and such building's special features;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00529-01-5

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 1 (vi) the ability of other schools in the affected community district
 2 to accommodate pupils following the school closure or significant change
 3 in school utilization, including a list of such schools with each
 4 school's most recently available enrollment, utilization rate, and
 5 percentage of special education pupils and the total number of special
 6 education students impacted by the school closure or the change in
 7 school utilization; and
 8 (vii) information regarding such school's academic performance includ-
 9 ing whether such school has been identified as a school under registra-
 10 tion review or has been identified as a school requiring academic
 11 progress, a school in need of improvement, or a school in corrective
 12 action or restructuring status.
 13 (e) (i) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f) of this subdivi-
 14 sion, all proposed school closings or significant changes in school
 15 utilization shall be approved by the city board pursuant to section
 16 twenty-fi