RESOLUTION NO. 722
AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH GILBOA-CONESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PRESCHOOL EVALUATION SERVICES FOR A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Introduced: 11/12/24
By Social Services Committee:
WHEREAS, Pursuant to New York State Education Law, Albany County is required to provide an approved preschool special education program for children ages three to five years old who have been evaluated and determined by the Board of Education to have a disabling condition, and
WHEREAS, As of November 2017, the law was amended to establish that all school districts are approved evaluators of preschool students suspected of having a disability, and
WHEREAS, The Commissioner of the Department for Children, Youth and Families has requested authorization to enter into an agreement with the Gilboa-Conesville Central School District to provide an approved preschool special education program for children ages three to five years old who have been evaluated and determined by the Board of Education to have a disabling condition at the applicable rates established or approved by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), where Albany County is reimbursed 59% for costs incurred in the delivery of these services after backing out Medicaid reimbursement for a term commencing October 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Gilboa-Conesville Central School District to provide an approved preschool special education program for children ages three to five years old who have been evaluated and determined by the Board of Education to have a disabling condition at the applicable rates established or approved by NYSED, where Albany County is reimbursed 59% for costs incurred in the delivery of these services after backing out Medicaid reimbursement for a term commencing October 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2025, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement as to form and content, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.