New York S 6719: Provides for determinations of appropriate educational programs for certain students in N.Y. city

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S06719 Summary:

BILL NOS06719 

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SAME ASSAME AS A07240

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRADDABBO, CLEARE, SUTTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§4402, 4403 & 4404, Ed L

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Relates to determinations of appropriate educational programs for certain students in a school district in a city having a population of one million or more.

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BILL NOS06719 

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03/20/2025REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO NEW YORK CITY EDUCATION

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO DISABILITIES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6719

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 20, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. JACKSON, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to determinations of
 appropriate educational programs for certain students in a school
 district in a city having a population of one million or more

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

 1 Section 1. Item (i) of clause (b) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of
 2 subdivision 1 of section 4402 of the education law, as amended by chap-
 3 ter 378 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (i) Make recommendations based upon a written evaluation setting forth
 5 the reasons for the recommendations, to the child's parent or person in
 6 parental relation and board of education or trustees as to appropriate
 7 educational programs and placement in accordance with the provisions of
 8 subdivision six of section forty-four hundred one-a of this article, and
 9 as to the advisability of continuation, modification, or termination of
 10 special class or program placements which evaluation shall be furnished
 11 to the child's parent or person in parental relation together with the
 12 recommendations provided, however that the committee may recommend a
 13 placement in a school which uses psychotropic drugs only if such school
 14 has a written policy pertaining to such use that is consistent with
 15 subdivision four-a of section thirty-two hundred eight of this chapter
 16 and that the parent or person in parental relation is given such written
 17 policy at the time such recommendation is made. If such recommendation
 18 is not acceptable to the parent or person in parental relation, such
 19 parent or person in parental relation may appeal such recommendation as
 20 provided for in section forty-four hundred four of this [chapter] arti-
 21 cle. Provided, further, that in a school district in a city having a
 22 population of one million or more an appeal by the parent or person in
 23 parental relation of such recommendation shall be resolved, either
 24 through the granting or denial of the appeal by an impartial hearing

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11051-01-5

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 1 officer, or by a state review officer, or the signing of a settlement
 2 agreement between the parent or person in parental relation and the
 3 board of education of the school district in the city having a popu-
 4 lation of one million or more or a state agency, within any applicable
 5 time periods prescribed by federal law. Provided, further, that nothing
 6 in this item shall be deemed to prohibit any parent, person in parental
 7 relation or school district from seeking judicial review by any court of
 8 competent jurisdiction.
 9 Upon the signing of a written settlement agreement between a child's
 10 parent or person in parental relation and the board of education of the
 11 school district in a city having a population of one million or more or
 12 a state agency, or the decision, order, or judgment of an impartial
 13 hearing officer, state review officer or a court finding that a unilat-
 14 eral parental placement was appropriate and that tuition payment should
 15 be granted for such unilateral placement, as provided by section
 16 1412(a)(10)(