Source: http://www.counsel.nysed.gov/rules/indices-fulltext/2019/062
Timestamp: 2019-08-22 14:04:46
Document Index: 433240341

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 130', 'art 130', '§3204', '§3204', '§3204', '§3210', '§3210', '§2']

Part 130 Substantial Equivalency Regulatory Flexibility Analysis | Office of Counsel
Part 130 Substantial Equivalency Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ANALYSIS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
The proposed amendment will not impose any additional compliance requirements on small businesses, and is necessary to provide guidance to local school authorities (LSAs) to assist them in fulfilling their responsibilities under Education Law §§3204, 3205, and 3210 in determining whether students in nonpublic schools are receiving instruction that is at least substantially equivalent to the instruction being provided to students of like age and attainments at the public schools.
The proposed rule is necessary to provide guidance to local school authorities (LSAs) to assist them in fulfilling their responsibilities under Education Law §§3204, 3205, and 3210 in determining whether students in nonpublic schools are receiving instruction that is at least substantially equivalent to the instruction being provided to students of like age and attainments at the public schools. The proposed rule is necessary to direct LSAs to make determinations and recommendations to the Commissioner, as applicable, regarding the substantial equivalency of instruction in nonpublic schools in accordance with Education Law §§3204, 3205, and 3210. The proposed regulation recommends a timeline and procedure for substantial equivalency reviews and determinations. The proposed regulation recommends regular contact and communication between public and nonpublic schools. It also requires an LSA to consider the listed criteria when making a substantial equivalency determination or recommendation to the Commissioner. The proposed regulation also imposes an annual reporting requirement on LSAs.
Likewise, Education Law §3210(2) provides that a student who attends “elsewhere than at a public school . . . shall attend for at least as many hours, and within the hours specified therefor.” However, a student “may be permitted to attend for a shorter school day or for a shorter school year or for both, provided, in accordance with the regulations of the state education department, the instruction he receives has been approved by the school authorities as being substantially equivalent in amount and quality to that required by the provisions of [the Compulsory Education Law]”, which as noted above, require that substantial equivalence be determined as it relates to the instruction “given to the children of like age at the public school of the city or district in which such child resides.” (Education Law §§3210[(2]); 3204[(2]). The Education Law defines “school authorities” as the board of education or corresponding officers of a school district. (Education Law §2[12]).