New York S 8370: Relates to the responsibility for certain temporary-resident preschool children with disabilities

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S08370 Summary:

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Clarifies the responsibility of school districts for certain temporary-resident preschool children with disabilities who are in foster care, are homeless or are in residential care.

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BILL NOS08370 

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06/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1670

06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/11/2025referred to education

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.908

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2026PASSED SENATE

05/19/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/19/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8370

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 June 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- (at request of the State Education Depart-
 ment) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be
 committed to the Committee on Rules

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the responsibility for
 certain temporary-resident preschool children with disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4410-a of the education law, as added by chapter 53
 2 of the laws of 1990 and as renumbered by chapter 705 of the laws of
 3 1992, the section heading, paragraph f of subdivision 1 and subdivisions
 4 2, 3 and 4 as amended by chapter 371 of the laws of 2023, paragraph b of
 5 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 569 of the laws of 1994, paragraphs
 6 d, e and g of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 705 of the laws of
 7 1992 and paragraph h of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 280 of the
 8 laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 9 § 4410-a. Responsibility for certain temporary-resident preschool
 10 children with disabilities. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this
 11 section, the following definitions shall apply:
 12 a. "[Foster care child] Child in foster care" shall mean a child
 13 placed in foster care by a social services district.
 14 b. "[Homeless child] Child who is homeless" shall mean a homeless
 15 child as defined in paragraph a of subdivision one of section thirty-two
 16 hundred nine of this chapter.
 17 c. "Municipality" shall mean a county outside the city of New York or
 18 the city, in the case of a county in the city of New York.
 19 d. "Municipality of current location" shall mean a municipality in
 20 which a child lives which is different from the municipality [in which a
 21 child or such child's family lived at the time a social services
 22 district assumed responsibility for the placement of such child or fami-
 23 ly, or at the time such child was admitted for care and/or treatment in
 24 a facility licensed or operated by another state agency] of origin.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08184-01-5

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 1 e. "Municipality of [residence] origin" shall mean:
 2 (i) for a child in foster care, the municipality within the state of
 3 New York in which a child or such child's [family lived] parent or
 4 person in parental relation resided at the time [the local social
 5 services district assumed responsibility for the placement of such child
 6 or family, or at the time] of placement into foster care when the social
 7 services district assumed care and custody or custody and guardianship
 8 of such child;
 9 (ii) for a child who is homeless, the municipality within the state of
 10 New York in which a child or such child's parent or person in parental
 11 relation resided when circumstances arose which caused such child to
 12 become homeless; and
 13 (iii) for a child in residential care, the municipality within the
 14 state of New York in which a child or such child's parent or person in
 15 parental relation resided at the time such child was admitted for care
 16 and/or treatmen