NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4951

Senate Bill S4951

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that a student enrolled in an individualized education program during certain school years may continue to receive educational services for a certain period

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

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2025-S4951 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2021-2022: S7866
2023-2024: S3366

2025-S4951 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a student enrolled in an individualized education program during certain school years may continue to receive educational services until the student completes the services pursuant to the individualized education program or the end of the school year during which the student turns twenty-two years old, whichever is sooner.

2025-S4951 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S4951

SPONSOR: HARCKHAM
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act providing that a student enrolled in an individualized education
program during certain school years may continue to receive educational
services until the student completes the services pursuant to the indi-
vidualized education program or the end of the school year during which
the student turns twenty-two years old, whichever is sooner; and provid-
ing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This bill ensures that students enrolled in an Individualized Education
Program (IEP) during specified school years can continue receiving
educational services until they complete their program or turn 22,
whichever comes first, with a sunset provision for expiration.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Requires school districts to provide educational services in

the 2025-2026 school year to students who turned 21 during the 2024-2025
school year and were receiving special education services under an Indi-
vidualized Education Program (IEP), allowing them to continue services
until program completion or the end of the school year in which they
turn 22, whichever is sooner.

Section 2: Establishes the effective and expiration date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill ensures continuity of educational services for students with
disabilities who aged out of the school system at 21 but still require
additional support to complete their Individualized Education Program
(IEP) goals. By allowing these students to remain eligible for services
until they turn 22 or complete their IEP, the bill helps address
disruptions in learning caused by factors such as the COV1D-19 pandemic,
ensures equitable access to necessary resources, and aligns with federal
protections under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA), which emphasizes individualized support to help students transi-
tion successfully to adulthood.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and expire on June 30, 2026.

2025-S4951 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4951
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT providing that a student enrolled in an individualized  education
   program  during  certain  school  years may continue to receive educa-
   tional services until the student completes the services  pursuant  to
   the  individualized  education  program  or the end of the school year
   during which the student turns  twenty-two  years  old,  whichever  is
   sooner; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expi-
   ration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to
 the contrary, a school district shall provide  educational  services  in
 the  2025-2026  school year to a student who turned twenty-one years old
 during the 2024-2025 school year and was enrolled in the school district
 and receiving special education services pursuant to  an  individualized
 education program. Such student may continue to receive such educational
 services  until the student completes the services pursuant to the indi-
 vidualized education program or the end of the school year during  which
 the student turns twenty-two years old, whichever is sooner.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2026.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04282-01-5

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