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                                  9988

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2016
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  RICHARDSON  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Children and Families

AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to written  notifi-
  cation to schools of a student's placement in foster care

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

  Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
405 to read as follows:
  S  405. NOTIFICATION TO SCHOOLS OF FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT. 1.  WHENEVER
A CHILD PLACED IN FOSTER FAMILY CARE OR AN AGENCY BOARDING HOME OR GROUP
HOME WHO IS A PUBLIC CHARGE IN A SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT IS ADMITTED TO
A SCHOOL, AN OFFICIAL WITHIN THAT SOCIAL SERVICES DISTRICT OR  AN  OFFI-
CIAL  OF  THE AUTHORIZED AGENCY ACTING ON THE CHILD'S BEHALF IN BOARDING
OUT SUCH CHILD, SHALL SEND WRITTEN  NOTIFICATION  TO  THE  PRINCIPAL  OR
PRINCIPAL'S  DESIGNEE  OF THE SCHOOL IN WHICH THE CHILD IS ENROLLED THAT
SAID CHILD IS IN FOSTER FAMILY CARE OR AN AGENCY BOARDING HOME OR  GROUP
HOME. SUCH NOTIFICATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE PRINCIPAL OR PRINCIPAL'S
DESIGNEE  NO  LATER  THAN  THE  FIRST  DAY  DURING WHICH THE CHILD IS IN
ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL AND MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:
  (A) THE NAME OF SUCH CHILD;
  (B) THE DATE OF BIRTH OF SUCH CHILD, IF ASCERTAINABLE, OR HIS  OR  HER
APPARENT AGE;
  (C)  THE NAMES AND ADDRESS OF THE FOSTER PARENTS OR, WHERE APPLICABLE,
THE NAME OF THE CHILD CARE AGENCY AND THE ADDRESS OF THE AGENCY BOARDING
HOME OR GROUP HOME;
  (D) THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH  SUCH  CHILD
RESIDED AT THE TIME HE OR SHE BECAME A PUBLIC CHARGE IN FOSTER CARE;
  (E)  THE  NAME  AND LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL LAST ATTENDED BY SUCH CHILD
PRIOR TO HIS OR HER CURRENT ADMISSION; AND
  (F) THE NAME AND LOCATION OF THE LOCAL  SOCIAL  SERVICES  COMMISSIONER
CARING FOR SUCH CHILD, AND THE NAME AND LOCATION OF ANY AUTHORIZED AGEN-
CY ACTING ON HIS OR HER BEHALF.
  2.  ANY  INFORMATION  GATHERED OR DISSEMINATED ABOUT A CHILD PLACED IN
FOSTER FAMILY CARE OR AN AGENCY BOARDING HOME OR GROUP HOME PURSUANT  TO

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

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THIS  SECTION SHALL BE TREATED IN A CONFIDENTIAL MANNER AND SHALL NOT BE
DISTRIBUTED,  MADE  AVAILABLE  OR  DISCLOSED  BY  THE  SOCIAL   SERVICES
DISTRICT, AUTHORIZED AGENCY OR SCHOOL OTHER THAN AS SPECIFICALLY PERMIT-
TED BY SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.