Assembly Bill A8639

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Ensures that preschoolers with disabilities living in temporary housing shall maintain enrollment in their preschool special education program in the district of origin

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  • 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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2015-A8639 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6373
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง4410-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A2559, S1877
2019-2020: A4183, S4833

2015-A8639 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Ensures that preschoolers with disabilities living in temporary housing shall maintain enrollment in their preschool special education program in the district of origin.

2015-A8639 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  8639

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 23, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to the education of a
  preschool child with a handicapping condition

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

  Section  1.   Paragraphs d, e and g of subdivision 1 of section 4410-a
of the education law, as amended by chapter 705 of the laws of 1992, are
amended and a new paragraph i is added to read as follows:
  d. "Municipality of current location" FOR A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE OR  A
CHILD  IN  RESIDENTIAL  CARE  shall mean a municipality in which a child
lives which is different from the municipality in which a child or  such
child's  family  lived  at  the  time a social services district assumed
responsibility for the placement of such child or family, or at the time
such child was admitted for care and/or treatment in a facility licensed
or operated by another state agency.   PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  FOR  A
CHILD  WHO IS HOMELESS "MUNICIPALITY OF CURRENT LOCATION" SHALL MEAN THE
MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE HOTEL,  MOTEL,  SHELTER,  OR  OTHER  TEMPORARY
HOUSING  ARRANGEMENT  OF A HOMELESS CHILD IS LOCATED, WHICH IS DIFFERENT
FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF RESIDENCE.
  e. "Municipality of residence" FOR A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE OR  A  CHILD
IN RESIDENTIAL CARE shall mean the municipality in which a child or such
child's  family  lived  at  the  time the local social services district
assumed responsibility for the placement of such child or family, or  at
the time such child was admitted for care and/or treatment in a facility
licensed  or  operated  by another state agency. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
FOR A CHILD WHO IS HOMELESS "MUNICIPALITY OF RESIDENCE" SHALL  MEAN  THE
MUNICIPALITY  IN WHICH A CHILD OR SUCH CHILD'S FAMILY LIVED WHEN CIRCUM-
STANCES AROSE WHICH CAUSED SUCH CHILD TO BECOME HOMELESS.
  g. "School district of current location" FOR A CHILD IN FOSTER CARE OR
A CHILD IN RESIDENTIAL CARE shall mean a  school  district  in  which  a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13018-02-5
              

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