New York Assembly Bill A04491 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4491 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to requiring all school districts to purchase and provide assistive technology devices when an item is put on an individualized education program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 60 to read as follows: 3 60. The commissioner is authorized and directed to promulgate rules 4 and regulations to require all school districts to purchase and provide 5 assistive technology devices and services as required by a student's 6 individualized education program. Such devices and services shall be 7 purchased and provided no later than two months after the committee on 8 special education meets and deems such item and/or services necessary 9 for the student's individualized education program. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08249-01-3