Campaign Director: Kathy Dolan /Rhea Mallet/Lisa Keller

Email: kathydolan@nyc.rr.com

INCREDIBLE NEWS!!!!!!

THE SENATE PASSED S2074 WEDNESDAY JUNE 20, 2007 BY UNANIMOUS VOTE!

THANK YOU

SENATOR FRANK PADAVAN

AND

ALL NEW YORK SENATORS

FOR DOING YOUR UTMOST TO ENSURE THE

EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC

WELL BEING

OF OUR MULTIPLE BIRTH CHILDREN.

YOU ARE OUR TRUE CHAMPIONS!

PLEASE WRITE TO YOUR SENATORS

AND THANK THEM!

http://www.senate.state.ny.us/senatehomepage.nsf/senators

*CLICK HERE TO VIEW SENATE BILL TEXT*

BILL TEXT:

       STATE OF NEW YORK

        ________________________________________________________________________

                                     2074

                          2007-2008 Regular Sessions

           IN SENATE

                              January 30, 2007

                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens.  PADAVAN,  JOHNSON, LARKIN, RATH -- read twice and

          ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on

          Education

        AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to permitting parents or

          guardians of twins or higher order multiples to request  placement  of

          such children in the same classroom or separate classrooms

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3210-a

     2  to read as follows:

     3    § 3210-a. Classroom placement of twins or higher order multiples. 1. A

     4  parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples may  request  that

     5  the  children  be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms

     6  if the children are in the same grade level at the  same  school.    The

     7  school  may  recommend  classroom  placement  to the parents and provide

     8  professional education advice to the parents to assist  them  in  making

     9  the best decision for their children's education.  A school must provide

    10  the placement requested by the children's parent or guardian, unless the

    11  school  board  makes  a  classroom placement determination following the

    12  school principal's request according to this section.    The  parent  or

    13  guardian  must  request  the  classroom placement no later than fourteen

    14  days after the first day of each school year or fourteen days after  the

    15  first  day  of  attendance  of  the children during a school year if the

    16  children are enrolled in the school after the school year commences.

    17    2. At the end of the initial grading period, if the school  principal,

    18  in  consultation  with the children's classroom teacher, determines that

    19  the requested classroom placement  is  disruptive  to  the  school,  the

    20  school  principal  may request that the school board determine the chil-

    21  dren's classroom placement.

    22    3. For purposes of this section, "higher order multiples" means  trip-

    23  lets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                                   LBD05646-01-7

        S. 2074                             2

     1    §  2.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that

     2  the commissioner of education has ninety days from the date on which  it

     3  shall  have  become a law to add, amend and/or repeal any rules or regu-

     4  lations necessary for the implementation of this act.

June 7,2007

Please watch New York’s campaign for Twins legislation as it was aired on WNBC television

Click Here to view!!! Don’t forget to rate and comment on why this legislation is SO  IMPORTANT!!!!

http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=117028

Thank You Carol Anne Ridell  for your EXCELLENT COVERAGE of this most important issue!!

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Senator Frank Padavan pictured with Kathy’s children,

Ryan and Nicholas!

Thank You Senator Padavan!