File #: 23-360    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/26/2023 In control: Social Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 9/11/2023
Title: AUTHORIZING PRESCHOOL EDUCATION SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AGES 3-5
Sponsors: Social Services Committee, Matthew J. Miller
Attachments: 1. PS Evals School Districts 2023 RLA Coverletter, 2. RLA Form 4471, 3. School Districts Center Based PS 2023 RLA justification, 4. Res 165 - 23 PS 23 24, 5. 23-360 SS 5 - TMP - 4471 - Authorizing_Agreements_Preschool_Education_Services_Disabled_3_to_5_years_old

RESOLUTION NO. 360

 

AUTHORIZING PRESCHOOL EDUCATION SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AGES 3-5

 

                     Introduced:  9/11/23

                     By Social Services Committee and Miller:

 

                     WHEREAS, Pursuant to New York State Education Law, Albany County is required to provide an approved preschool special education program for children ages 3 - 5 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 agreements with the School Districts listed below for the provision of preschool evaluation services for children with special needs at the applicable rates established or approved by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), where Albany County is reimbursed 59.5% for costs incurred in the delivery of these services after backing out Medicaid reimbursement, for a term commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into agreements with the School Districts listed below for the provision of preschool evaluation services for children with special needs at the applicable rates established or approved by the NYSED, where Albany County is reimbursed 59.5% for costs incurred in the delivery of these services after backing out Medicaid reimbursement, for a term commencing July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024:

 

 

Albany City Schools Berne-Knox-Westerlo Bethlehem Cairo-Durham Cohoes Duanesburg Green Island Greenville Guilderland Menands

Middleburgh Mohonasen Niskayuna North Colonie Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Schalmont Schoharie South Colonie Voorheesville Watervliet

 

and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreements 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.