New York A 5180: Requires school districts to refer a child with a disability for evaluation when application for registration of the child with the district is first made

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A05180 Summary:

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Requires school districts to refer a newly-registering child with a disability for evaluation within forty-eight hours of the time of the first contact between the school district and the person or entity registering the student with the school district, provided a request for referral has been made.

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02/12/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5180

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring school
 districts to refer a child with a disability for evaluation when
 application for registration of the child with the district is first
 made

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

 1 Section 1. Section 4401-a of the education law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
 3 7. With respect to a student who is registering with a school district
 4 for the first time, a referral for initial evaluation as provided in
 5 this section shall be made within forty-eight hours of the time of the
 6 first contact between the school district and the person or entity
 7 registering the student with the school district, provided a request for
 8 referral has been made. A referral for evaluation shall not be delayed
 9 until registration of the student has been completed.
 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, if
 11 this act shall have become a law after June 30, 2026 it shall take
 12 effect immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and
 13 effect on and after June 30, 2026; and provided further, that the amend-
 14 ments to section 4401-a of the education law made by section one of this
 15 act shall survive the expiration and reversion of such section as
 16 provided in subdivision d of section 27 of chapter 378 of the laws of
 17 2007, as amended.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09215-01-5

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