Bill Text: NY S04360 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the request by parents for translated documents for students with disabilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - REFERRED TO DISABILITIES [S04360 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S04360-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4360

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2021
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        Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, JACKSON -- 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 the request by parents
          for translated documents for students with disabilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 4403 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 22 to read as follows:
     3    22.  To  provide  any  parent  or  person  in parental relation with a
     4  student with a disability as defined  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of
     5  section  forty-four  hundred one of this article, all evaluations, indi-
     6  vidualized education programs, and related documents  necessary  to  the
     7  implementation  of  such  individualized  education programs, translated
     8  into their primary language at the request of such parent, or person  in
     9  parental  relation,  to  the  extent  feasible. Such parent or person in
    10  parental relation must complete and submit a  form  to  the  department,
    11  provided  by  the  department,  which  shall  release  such documents in
    12  compliance with applicable  state  and  federal  privacy  laws  for  the
    13  purposes  of  translations. Such forms shall be issued by the department
    14  and made available to schools upon request and published on the  depart-
    15  ment's website.  Translation of documents shall not impede the implemen-
    16  tation   of  a  student's  individualized  education  program  or  other
    17  services. No school district shall be liable  for  the  failure  of  the
    18  department to provide an accurate translation.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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