S5508-2011 Actions

• Jun 19, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A7823B
• Jun 11, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5508B
• Apr 25, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 19, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 18, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.501
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO EDUCATION
• Jun 11, 2011: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 7, 2011: PRINT NUMBER 5508A
• Jun 7, 2011: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION
• May 26, 2011: REFERRED TO EDUCATION

S5508-2011 Meetings

S5508-2011 Votes

S5508-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S5508

TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to accessing student's
individualized education programs electronically

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would give the school district the option of enabling a teach-
er to have access to a student's individual education program (IEP)
electronically.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 4022 of the education law is
amended to give the school district the option to enable a teacher to
have access to their student's individual education program electron-
ically.

Section 2 makes this act effective immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:
This bill will provide much needed mandate relief to the NYC DOE of
approximately $3 million dollars annually in printing costs alone. It
will also save time, promote environmental conservation, and provide
better protection for the confidentiality of student records than the
existing system, which causes multiple copies of records to be in circu-
lation.  Concomitantly, it ensures that teachers continue to have easy
access to their students' IEP and continue to be informed of their
responsibilities under the IEP.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.  Savings of approximately $3 million dollars to the
NYC DOE.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S5508-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5508
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 May 26, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  accessing  student's
 individualized education programs electronically
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 4402 of the  educa
 tion  law,  as  added  by chapter 408 of the laws of 2002, is amended to
 read as follows:

 a. The board of education or trustees of each school district and  the
 board  of trustees of each charter school shall adopt a policy to ensure
 that each regular education teacher, special education teacher,  related
 service  provider, and other service provider who is responsible for the
 implementation of a student's individualized education program shall  be
 given a copy of such student's individualized education program OR SHALL
 BE  ABLE TO ACCESS SUCH STUDENT'S INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM ELEC
 TRONICALLY prior to the implementation of such program.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11846-01-1

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