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NY A00146

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Simcha Eichenstein

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Prohibits employees of state educational agencies, local educational agencies, or any public agency involved in a child's education or care from serving as impartial hearing officers in special education appeals

  • Bars individuals with personal or professional interests that conflict with objectivity from appointment as impartial hearing officers

  • Prohibits employees of a municipality (or any of its departments, agencies, or instrumentalities) from serving as impartial hearing officers for school districts located within that municipality

  • Maintains existing prohibition on school district employees and employees of programs serving students with disabilities from acting as hearing officers, with a two-year cooling-off period after employment ends

  • Exempts New York City school district from certain rotation selection regulations to the extent it maintains its rotational selection process in effect prior to July 1, 1993

Legislative Description

Prohibits the appointment of certain state, municipal or agency employees as impartial hearing officers to hear appeals of determinations regarding children with handicapping conditions.

Last Action

referred to education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Education1/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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