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Guidance is now available on Chapter 217 of the Laws of 2008, which was signed into law by the Governor on July 7, 2008, relating to students with disabilities who are in home instruction programs pursuant to section 100.10 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education (home-schooled students) and are now eligible to receive special education services from their public school districts. In order to receive services in the 2008-09 school year, a parent must submit a written request for such services to the board of education of the school district of location no later than August 6, 2008 of this year. This is available at the link below.

Related Links:
http://www.vesid.nysed.gov/specialed/publications/policy/homeinstructed708.htm


On July 7, 2008, New York Governor David Paterson signed bill A11463, the bill which restores special services to disabled homeschool children. This was the final step in making this bill a law in the state of New York. Disabled homeschool children in New York are once again eligible to receive critically needed special services, on the same basis as other students in New York.

If you have disabled homeschooled children that need to receive special services under the provisions of this new law, please note that the signing of this bill set into motion a 30-day window in which you need to make a written request to your school district for such services. Parents must submit a written request for such services to the school district where they reside by August 6, 2008!

Further details and procedures of this new law are still to be worked out. They will be posted as soon as they become available. Please check back here for further updates.