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NY A00625
Bill
Status
1/8/2025
Primary Sponsor
Simcha Eichenstein
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AI Summary
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Establishes that in New York City school districts, parents are entitled to presume that a school named in a settlement agreement is the student's operative placement for pendency purposes until a pendency-changing event occurs
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Defines pendency-changing events as: agreement of parties, unappealed hearing officer decision, state review officer decision favoring parents' proposed placement change, court determination on appeal, or an unchallenged district program offer
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Requires pendency tuition payments at the previous year's rate (unless a new IEP was performed), made prospectively in amounts of at least two months' tuition or the remaining contract balance, whichever is smaller
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Mandates that for tuition claims filed by June 30, 2024 for school years beginning in 2023 or earlier, NYC must make reasonable efforts to finalize settlements or notify parents of inability to settle by January 1, 2026
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Requires all tuition settlements to include a payment schedule, with first payment within 60 days of settlement execution or receipt of necessary documentation, and completion within 60 days of receiving required documentation
Legislative Description
Provides that in a school district in a city having a population of one million or more, the parent or person in parental relation to a child shall be entitled to the presumption that the school identified in a settlement agreement is the student's operative placement for the purposes of pendency until there is an intervening, pendency-changing event.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026