Senate Bill S6581

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of education to issue a guidance memorandum to school districts and BOCES to inform them of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8262 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8262
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L

2017-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of education to issue a guidance memorandum in cooperation with stakeholders and other interested parties, to every school district and board of cooperative educational services to inform them of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia.

2017-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6581 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6581
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to directing the  commis-
   sioner  of  education  to  issue a guidance memorandum to every school
   district and board of cooperative educational services to inform  them
   of the unique educational needs of students with dyslexia, dyscalculia
   and dysgraphia
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 56 to read as follows:
   56. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ISSUE A GUIDANCE MEMORANDUM IN  COOPERATION
 WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES, TO EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT
 AND  BOARD  OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES TO INFORM THEM OF THE
 UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF  STUDENTS  WITH  DYSLEXIA,  DYSCALCULIA  AND
 DYSGRAPHIA AND TO CLARIFY THAT SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY REFERENCE OR USE THE
 TERMS  DYSLEXIA, DYSCALCULIA, AND DYSGRAPHIA IN EVALUATIONS, ELIGIBILITY
 DETERMINATIONS, OR IN DEVELOPING  AN  INDIVIDUALIZED  EDUCATION  PROGRAM
 (IEP)  UNDER  THE  INDIVIDUALS  WITH  DISABILITIES  EDUCATION ACT (IDEA)
 PURSUANT TO PART 300 OF TITLE 34 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS,  AS
 SUCH REGULATIONS MAY, FROM TIME TO TIME, BE AMENDED.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately; provided, however the
 guidance memorandum required pursuant to section one of this  act  shall
 be issued no later than one year after this act shall have become a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13038-03-7

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