Senate Bill S6170

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Requires school district superintendents to give notice of the termination of special therapy services sixty days prior to such termination

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8831
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง3036, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S2499
2017-2018: S3683
2019-2020: S3108

2013-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school district superintendents to give notice of the termination of special therapy services sixty days prior to such termination.

2013-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6170 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6170

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 8, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notice of  the  termi-
  nation of special therapy services by school districts

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  3036
to read as follows:
  S  3036.  SPECIAL  THERAPY SERVICES; NOTICE OF TERMINATION. THE SUPER-
INTENDENT OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH PROVIDES PHYSICAL THERAPY,  OCCUPA-
TIONAL  THERAPY,  OR  ANY OTHER SPECIAL THERAPY SERVICES TO ANY STUDENTS
WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SHALL, NOT LESS THAN SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO  THE  TERMI-
NATION OF ANY SUCH SERVICES:
  1.  NOTIFY,  IN WRITING, THE PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIAN OF EACH STUDENT
RECEIVING SUCH SERVICES THAT SUCH SERVICES WILL BE TERMINATED; AND
  2. PLACE ON THE INTERNET WEBSITE FOR SUCH SCHOOL  DISTRICT,  A  NOTICE
THAT SUCH SERVICES WILL BE TERMINATED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10610-01-3

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