Under New York’s law and regulations, there are several well-settled guiding principles for physically interacting with students with disabilities: corporal punishment is prohibited; the use of aversive interventions has been...more
New York’s State Education Department recently issued a recommendation that school districts provide special education services to some students with disabilities through age 22: an additional year that will likely impact...more
Students have a variety of medical needs to be addressed in school and New York law provides procedures for managing those needs. This includes medication administration to students. One such medication is glucagon – a...more
On Tuesday, June 9th, the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) released an interim advisory containing guidelines for delivering in-person special education services and instruction while helping to protect against the...more
Across New York, school districts are grappling with the Governor’s recently released Executive Order 202.26, which provides procedures for the annual school budget and election process (“Annual Vote”) during COVID-19. For...more
New York state’s mandated school closures due to COVID-19 have resulted in a number of questions related to special education. One such question relates to conducting special education evaluations. Under the regulations,...more