10/3/07 N.Y. St. Reg. EDU-26-07-00011-A
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action:
Action taken:
Amendment of Part 117 of Title 8 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Education Law, sections 101 (not subdivided), 207 (not subdivided), 3208(5) and 4403(3)
Subject:
Diagnostic screening for students who are new entrants or who have low test scores in reading or mathematics.
Purpose:
To provide for the diagnostic screening of students who are new entrants to school or who have low test scores on the statewide reading or mathematics assessments; and provide consistency between definitions in Part 117 and other provisions of the commissioner's regulations, specifically, conforming the definition of “handicapping condition” to the definitions of a “preschool student with a disability” and a “student with a disability”.
Text or summary was published
in the notice of proposed rule making, I.D. No. EDU-26-07-00011-P, Issue of June 27, 2007.
Final rule as compared with last published rule:
No changes.
Text of rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Anne Marie Koschnick, Legal Assistant, Office of Counsel, Education Department, State Education Bldg., Rm. 148, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 473-8296, e-mail:
legal@mail.nysed.govAssessment of Public Comment
The agency received no public comment.
