Senate Bill S1057

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to replacing certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities

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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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2021-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4104
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 89 Art Head, §§4404, 4405, 4407, 4410 & 4410-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S7650, A10020
2023-2024: S4041, A7258

2021-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Replaces certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities in relation to children with such disabilities.

2021-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S1057 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1057
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER,  GOUNARDES,  LIU -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Educa-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, in relation to replacing the words
   handicapping conditions with the word disabilities

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The article heading of article 89 of the education law, as
 added by chapter 853 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows:
           CHILDREN WITH [HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS] DISABILITIES
   § 2. The section heading and subdivision 2  of  section  4404  of  the
 education law, as amended by chapter 53 of the laws of 1990, are amended
 to read as follows:
   Appeal procedures for children with [handicapping conditions] DISABIL-
 ITIES.
   2.  Review  by  state  review  officer.  A state review officer of the
 education department shall review and may modify, in such cases  and  to
 the extent that the review officer deems necessary, in order to properly
 effectuate the purposes of this article, any determination of the impar-
 tial  hearing  officer  relating to the determination of the nature of a
 child's [handicapping condition] DISABILITY, selection of an appropriate
 special education program or service and the  failure  to  provide  such
 program  and  require  such  board to comply with the provisions of such
 modification.  The commissioner shall adopt  regulations  governing  the
 practice  and  procedure  in  such  appeals to the state review officer;
 provided, however, that in no event shall any fee or  charge  whatsoever
 be  imposed for any appeal taken pursuant to this subdivision. The state
 review officer is empowered to make  all  orders  which  are  proper  or
 necessary to give effect to the decision of the review officer.
   §  3.  The section heading, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1 and
 subdivisions 2, 3 and 5 of  section  4405  of  the  education  law,  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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