Bill Text: NY A07766 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the use of assistive technology devices during the administration of districtwide and State assessments, and during any practice or sample of such districtwide or state assessments that may be administered.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A07766 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07766-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7766
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     June 4, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. KELLNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  assistive  technology
         devices
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Clause (b) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of  subdivision
    2  1  of  section  4402  of  the  education  law is amended by adding a new
    3  subclause (iii) to read as follows:
    4    (III) SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS MAY INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO SPECIFY-
    5  ING THE USAGE OF ANY ASSISTIVE  TECHNOLOGY  DEVICES,  AS  DEFINED  UNDER
    6  FEDERAL LAW, DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF DISTRICTWIDE AND STATE ASSESS-
    7  MENTS,  AND  DURING ANY PRACTICE OR SAMPLE OF SUCH DISTRICTWIDE OR STATE
    8  ASSESSMENTS THAT MAY BE ADMINISTERED. ANY ASSISTIVE  TECHNOLOGY  DEVICES
    9  SPECIFIED  IN  A  STUDENT'S  INDIVIDUALIZED  EDUCATION  PROGRAM SHALL BE
   10  PERMITTED FOR USE ON ALL DISTRICTWIDE AND STATE ASSESSMENTS AND  ON  ANY
   11  SUCH  PRACTICE  OR  SAMPLE  ASSESSMENT,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH USAGE OF ANY
   12  ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICES SHALL BE LIMITED TO THOSE  SPECIFIED  IN  A
   13  STUDENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM.
   14    S  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
   15  the amendments to clause (b) of subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of  subdi-
   16  vision  1  of  section 4402 of the education law, made by section one of
   17  this act, shall not affect the expiration and reversion of  such  clause
   18  and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11299-01-3