S10451 • 2025

Relates to requiring boards of education to allow access to attorneys for certain children

Children Education

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Sponsor: Rachel May
Last action: 2026-05-15
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Relates to requiring boards of education to allow access to attorneys for certain children

Relates to requiring boards of education to allow access to attorneys for certain children Requires boards of education and school districts to allow children involved in an investigation or proceeding relating to abuse and/or neglect reasonable access to court appointed attorneys.

What This Bill Does

Relates to requiring boards of education to allow access to attorneys for certain children Requires boards of education and school districts to allow children involved in an investigation or proceeding relating to abuse and/or neglect reasonable access to court appointed attorneys.

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Bill History

2026-05-15 Senate
REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Official Summary Text

Relates to requiring boards of education to allow access to attorneys for certain children
Requires boards of education and school districts to allow children involved in an investigation or proceeding relating to abuse and/or neglect reasonable access to court appointed attorneys.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10451

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2026
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to requiring boards
          of education and school districts to allow  access  to  attorneys  for
          certain children

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The social services law is amended by adding a new  section
     2  422-d to read as follows:
     3    §  422-D. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT; ACCESS TO COURT-APPOINTED ATTORNEYS
     4  IN SCHOOLS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO  THE
     5  CONTRARY,  EACH BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE ANY
     6  CHILD INVOLVED IN AN INVESTIGATION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO ALLEGATIONS
     7  OF ABUSE AND/OR NEGLECT WITH REASONABLE ACCESS TO THEIR COURT  APPOINTED
     8  ATTORNEYS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO REQUIRE
     9  THAT  SUCH  ACCESS  BE PROVIDED FOR MATTERS SOLELY INVOLVING ADOPTION OR
    10  CUSTODY DETERMINATIONS.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15668-02-6