§ 4410. Special education services and programs for preschool children\nwith disabilities. 1. Definitions. As used in this section:\n a. "Approved evaluator" means either:\n (1) a program approved by the commissioner pursuant to paragraph b of\nsubdivision nine of this section; or\n (2) a school district or group of appropriately licensed and/or\ncertified professionals associated with a public or private agency\napproved by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision nine-a of this\nsection.\n b. "Approved program" means a program approved by the commissioner\npursuant to paragraph a of subdivision nine of this section.\n c. "Board" means:\n (i) a board of education as defined in section two of this chapter; or\n (ii) trustees of a common school district as defined in section\nsixteen hundred one of this chapter.\n d. "City or county official" means the chief executive officer, or, in\nany county which does not have a chief executive officer, the county\ngoverning body, or the mayor of the city of New York.\n e. "Committee" means committee on preschool special education.\n f. "First eligible for services" means the earliest date on which a\nchild becomes age-eligible for services pursuant to this section, and as\ndefined in regulations of the commissioner in accordance with applicable\nfederal law and regulations, except that a child who is already\nreceiving services under section two hundred thirty-six of the family\ncourt act or its successor may, if the parent so chooses, continue to be\neligible to receive such services through August thirty-first of the\ncalendar year in which the child first becomes age-eligible to receive\nservices pursuant to this section.\n g. "Municipality" means a county outside the city of New York or the\ncity of New York in the case of a county contained within the city of\nNew York.\n h. "Parent" means parent or person in parental relation.\n i. "Preschool child" means a child with a disability as defined in\nsection forty-four hundred one of this article who is first eligible for\nservices as defined in paragraph f of this subdivision but who will not\nhave become five years of age on or before December first of the school\nyear, or a later date if a board establishes such later date for\neligibility to attend school. A child shall be deemed a preschool child\nthrough the month of August of the school year in which the child first\nbecomes eligible to attend school pursuant to section thirty-two hundred\ntwo of this chapter.\n j. "Related services" means those services as defined in paragraph k\nof subdivision two of section forty-four hundred one of this article\nprovided to a preschool child at a site determined by the board,\nincluding but not limited to an approved or licensed prekindergarten or\nhead start program; the work site of the provider; the child's home; a\nhospital; a state facility; or a child care location as defined in\nparagraph a of subdivision eight of this section. If the board\ndetermines that documented medical or special needs of the preschool\nchild indicate that the child should not be transported to another site,\nthe child shall be entitled to receive related services in the preschool\nchild's home.\n k. "Special education itinerant services" means an approved program\nprovided by a certified special education teacher on an itinerant basis\nin accordance with the regulations of the commissioner, at a site\ndetermined by the board, including but not limited to an approved or\nlicensed prekindergarten or head start program; the child's home; a\nhospital; a state facility; or a child care location as defined in\nparagraph a of subdivision eight of this section. If the board\ndetermines that documented medical or special needs of the preschool\nchild indicate that the child should not be transported to another site,\nthe child shall be entitled to receive special education itinerant\nservices in the preschool child's home.\n 2. Provision of services. The
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