New York A 3950: Relates to the submission of requests to the committee on special education for the educational services mandated by an individualized education services program

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A03950 Summary:

BILL NOA03950D

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SAME ASSAME AS S10007-A

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRWeprin, Wieder, Berger, Eichenstein

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3602-c, Ed L

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Requires the school district of location shall annually provide written notice to all parents or persons in parental relation to students with disabilities attending nonpublic schools within their district regarding the process for requesting special education services; relates to the denial of services in a city having a population of one million or more for the 2024--2025 school year.

Go to top A03950 Actions:

BILL NOA03950D

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01/30/2025referred to education

05/22/2025amend and recommit to education

05/22/2025print number 3950a

06/10/2025amend and recommit to education

06/10/2025print number 3950b

01/07/2026referred to education

04/20/2026amend and recommit to education

04/20/2026print number 3950c

05/14/2026amend and recommit to education

05/14/2026print number 3950d

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3950--D

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, WEPRIN, WIEDER, BERGER, EICHEN-
 STEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly
 Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again
 reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the submission of
 requests to the committee on special education for the educational
 services mandated by an individualized education services program

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

 1 Section 1. Section 3602-c of the education law is amended by adding
 2 two new subdivisions 2-d and 2-e to read as follows:
 3 2-d. For education provided to students with disabilities beginning in
 4 the two thousand twenty-six--two thousand twenty-seven school year and
 5 each school year thereafter, the school district of location shall annu-
 6 ally provide written notice to parents or persons in parental relation
 7 to all students with disabilities who have been parentally-placed in and
 8 are attending nonpublic schools within their district regarding the
 9 process for requesting special education services. Such notice shall:
 10 (i) be provided in any of the twelve most common non-English languages
 11 spoken by limited-English proficient individuals in the state, based on
 12 the data in the most recent American community survey published by the
 13 United States census bureau, except that any city school district in a
 14 city having a population of one million or more inhabitants shall
 15 provide translations in accordance with that district's established
 16 policies and practices for parent-facing translation services; (ii) be

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03202-14-6

 A. 3950--D 2

 1 provided at least twenty-eight days before any deadlines by which
 2 requests for special education services must be submitted; (iii) specify
 3 all deadlines by which requests for special education services must be
 4 submitted; (iv) clearly describe the procedures for submitting such
 5 requests and detail any required documentation; and (v) provide contact
 6 information for obtaining additional information or assistance regarding
 7 the application process.
 8 2-e. a. The provisions of this subdivision shall apply solely to any
 9 city school district in a city having a population of one million or
 10 more inhabitants, for the two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twen-
 11 ty-five school year.
 12 b. On or before the first Frid