NY State Senate Bill 2023-S8353

Senate Bill S8353

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover full-day joint classroom instruction

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Disabilities Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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- Passed Assembly
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Jan 19, 2024	referred to disabilities

2023-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9352
Current Committee:: Senate Disabilities
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §4410, Ed L

2023-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires funding for special education services and programs for preschool children with disabilities to cover joint classroom instruction for such children with disabilities and other children for the same number of hours each day.

2023-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8353

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to requiring funding for
special education services and programs for preschool children with
disabilities to cover full-day joint classroom instruction

 
PURPOSE:

To align federal and state funding for time duration of preschool for
children with developmental disabilities

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 mandates joint instruction of prekindergarten for students who
require special services and students in universal prekindergarten
programs

Section 2 establishes the effective date of the bill

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Education for students with different abilities is best served by inclu-
sive education. However, at institutions attempting to provide inclusive
education, there is currently a major barrier with diverging funding
hours. Currently, the Universal Pre-Kindergarten (UPK) federal funding
mandates a 6-hour full-day requirement, while the New York State Educa-
tion Department (NYSED) limits reimbursement for preschool children with
developmental disabilities to 5 hours.  This incongruity poses signif-
icant challenges for service providers whose mission is to provide
inclusive education, where best practice is joint instruction for both
groups of students in the same classroom. This bill eliminates the
existing discrepancy in educational time for students receiving special
education services by aligning the educational standards for preschool
children with developmental disabilities with UPK students.

This bill seeks to create a more equitable and inclusive educational
landscape for all children, regardless of their developmental abilities.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Subject to appropriations

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately

2023-S8353 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8353
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 19, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Disabilities
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring funding  for
   special  education  services  and programs for preschool children with
   disabilities to cover full-day joint classroom instruction

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  4410 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14. FULL-DAY SPECIAL  EDUCATION  FUNDING.  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  THAT
 RECEIVES  FUNDS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES OR PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL
 CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, AND  THAT  RECEIVES
 FUNDS  FOR  FEDERAL  AND/OR STATEWIDE UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED TWO-E AND/OR  SECTION  THIRTY-SIX
 HUNDRED  TWO-EE  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  SHALL  BE MANDATED TO OPERATE JOINT
 CLASSROOM  INSTRUCTION  FOR  PRESCHOOL  CHILDREN  WHO  REQUIRE   SPECIAL
 SERVICES OR PROGRAMS UNDER THIS SECTION, AND OTHER CHILDREN FOR THE SAME
 NUMBER  OF  HOURS  EACH DAY.   THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMULGATE ANY RULES
 AND/OR REGULATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SUBDI-
 VISION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13727-02-4

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