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S 4870: Authorizes school districts that provide transition services to allow the delivery of such transition services, including integrated employment, during school hours.
What S 4870 does, verified January 12, 2026
The bill aims to allow school districts that provide transition services to deliver such services, including integrated employment, during school hours. This change would enable students with disabilities to access transition services, including vocational training programs, during their last three years of secondary education. The bill does not prohibit the committee on special education from recommending special services or programs, nor does it diminish the commissioner's power to make appointments. However, it allows the provision of transition services during school hours if the board of education or trustees has selected them as a suitable option for students with disabilities.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO DISABILITIES (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4870
- What is the current status of S 4870?
- As of January 12, 2026, S 4870 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "REFERRED TO DISABILITIES".
- Did S 4870 pass?
- Not yet. S 4870 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 4870, and where is it now?
- S 4870 was authored by Sen. Patricia Fahy. Its committee of record is Senate Disabilities.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO DISABILITIES |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | REFERRED TO DISABILITIES |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 348 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4870 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- 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 authorizing school districts that provide transition services to allow the delivery of such transition services, including integrated employment, during school hours The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 4402 of the educa- 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1986, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 c. (1) Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to prohib- 5 it a committee on special education from recommending a special service 6 or program specified in paragraph d of subdivision two of section 7 forty-four hundred one of this [chapter] article or to diminish the 8 power of the commissioner to make appointments pursuant to such para- 9 graph. 10 (2) Provided, however, that where the board of education or trustees 11 in furnishing suitable educational opportunities for students with disa- 12 bilities has selected as one of the most reasonable and appropriate 13 special services or programs for such children from those programs spec- 14 ified in paragraph n of subdivision two of section forty-four hundred 15 one of this article upon receipt of the recommendation of the committee 16 on special education, the provision of transition services, in partic- 17 ular vocational training programs approved by the department or by 18 another state agency shall be permitted to occur in the last three years 19 of secondary education of a student with disability during school hours. 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09539-01-5
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