§ 3602-c. Apportionment of moneys to school districts for the\nprovision of services to pupils attending nonpublic schools. 1.\nDefinitions. As used in this section the following terms are defined as\nfollows:\n a. "Services" shall mean instruction in the areas of gifted pupils,\ncareer education and education for students with disabilities, and\ncounseling, psychological and social work services related to such\ninstruction provided during the regular school year for pupils enrolled\nin a nonpublic school located in a school district, provided that such\ninstruction is given to pupils enrolled in the public schools of such\ndistrict.\n b. "Gifted pupils" shall mean those pupils who show evidence of high\nperformance capability and exceptional potential in areas such as\ngeneral intellectual ability, special academic aptitude, and outstanding\nability in visual and performing arts. Such definition shall include\nthose children who require educational programs or services beyond those\nnormally provided by the regular school program in order to realize\ntheir full potential.\n c. "Career education" shall mean training or retraining designed to\nprepare individuals who are entitled to attend the public schools of the\nstate without the payment of tuition pursuant to section thirty-two\nhundred two of the education law for gainful employment as semi-skilled\nor skilled workers or technicians or subprofessionals in recognized\noccupations and in new or emerging occupations or to prepare pupils for\nenrollment in advanced technical education programs, but excluding any\nprogram to prepare pupils for employment in occupations which generally\nare considered professional or which require a baccalaureate or higher\ndegree; such training generally being grouped within the occupational\nfields of agriculture, business, distributive, health, home economics\nrelated, trade and technical education.\n d. "Education for students with disabilities" shall mean special\neducational programs designed to serve persons who meet the definition\nof children with disabilities set forth in subdivision one of section\nforty-four hundred one of this chapter.\n e. "Average daily attendance" shall mean the total number of\nattendance days of pupils receiving services divided by the number of\ndays the public school was in session for each attendance period. For\neach such attendance period the total number of attendance days for each\nsuch pupil shall be determined by multiplying the number of days on\nwhich each such pupil was in attendance by the ratio obtained by\ndividing the number of class periods of each such pupil by the total\nnumber of class periods, not to exceed five, operated by the public\nschool during the school day. Only pupils residing in this state shall\nbe included in such computation.\n * f. "School district of location" means the school district in which\nthe nonpublic elementary or secondary school attended by the student is\nlocated.\n * NB Repealed June 30, 2027\n * 2. a. Boards of education of all school districts of the state shall\nfurnish services to students who are residents of this state and who\nattend nonpublic schools located in such school districts, upon the\nwritten request of the parent or person in parental relation of any such\nstudent. Such a request for career education or services to gifted\nstudents shall be filed with the board of education of the school\ndistrict in which the parent or person in parental relation of the\nstudent resides on or before the first day of June preceding the school\nyear for which the request is made. In the case of education for\nstudents with disabilities, such a request shall be filed with the\ntrustees or board of education of the school district of location on or\nbefore the first of June preceding the school year for which the request\nis made, or by July first, two thousand seven for the two thousand\nseven--two thousand eight school year only, provided that where a\
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