Bill Text: NY A03292 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides state aid for certain special education services for children with autism spectrum disorder in preschool.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A03292 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A03292-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          3292
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 29, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, LIFTON, MOSLEY -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to approved costs of
          providing special education services  to  children  with  handicapping
          conditions in preschool
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 4410  of  the  education  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new paragraph f to read as follows:
     3    f.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  to  the contrary,
     4  commencing with the two  thousand  eleven--two  thousand  twelve  school
     5  year,  costs of certain property and non-direct care service costs asso-
     6  ciated with identified space directly related to special education itin-
     7  erant services and used for instructional purposes in accordance with  a
     8  student's  individualized education program shall be deemed reimbursable
     9  within the calculation of tuition rates for approved  programs  pursuant
    10  to  the  approved  tuition  methodology  in effect for the corresponding
    11  year.  Such costs shall include those associated with discrete, specific
    12  space located outside of the classroom but within the proximity of  such
    13  classroom  where  the  special education itinerant services are provided
    14  and shall include  mortgage  interest,  depreciation,  rent,  utilities,
    15  storage, housekeeping and supplies, and non-direct care costs associated
    16  with maintenance.  All such costs shall be required to meet the applica-
    17  ble  criteria for reimbursement as specified by the commissioner's regu-
    18  lations  and  the  department's  tuition  reimbursement  guidelines  and
    19  requirements.
    20    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    21  have been in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2011.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01306-01-9
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