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A05642 Summary:

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Establishes an office of special education services within the state education department to administer programs for children with disabilities to be headed by an assistant commissioner appointed by the board of regents.

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02/18/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5642

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 18, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for an
 office of special education services to administer programs for chil-
 dren with disabilities

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 4411
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 4411. Office of special education services. 1. There is hereby
 4 created in the department an office of special education services. The
 5 head of the office shall be an assistant commissioner who shall be
 6 appointed by the board of regents and who shall hold office at the plea-
 7 sure of the board of regents.
 8 2. The office of special education services shall be the principal
 9 agency for administering and conveying the provisions of this article
 10 relating to programs and activities for the education of children with
 11 disabilities.
 12 3. The assistant commissioner appointed pursuant to this section shall
 13 direct the work of the office and shall be the chief executive officer
 14 of the office reporting directly to the commissioner. Such assistant
 15 commissioner may appoint such officers and employees as they may deem
 16 necessary, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and provide
 17 for the reimbursement of their expenses, all within amounts made avail-
 18 able therefor by state and federal appropriations; provided that there
 19 shall be not less than six officers consisting of three division direc-
 20 tors and three bureau chiefs to assist the assistant commissioner.
 21 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
 22 the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09255-01-5

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