§ 754. Disposition on adjudication of person in need of supervision.\n1. Upon an adjudication of person in need of supervision, the court\nshall enter an order of disposition:\n (a) Discharging the respondent with warning;\n (b) Suspending judgment in accord with section seven hundred\nfifty-five;\n (c) Continuing the proceeding and placing the respondent in accord\nwith section seven hundred fifty-six; provided, however, that the court\nshall not place the respondent in accord with section seven hundred\nfifty-six where the respondent is sixteen years of age or older, unless\nthe court determines and states in its order that special circumstances\nexist to warrant such placement; or\n (d) Putting the respondent on probation in accord with section seven\nhundred fifty-seven.\n The court may order an eligible person to complete an education reform\nprogram in accordance with section four hundred fifty-eight-l of the\nsocial services law, as part of a disposition pursuant to paragraph (a),\n(b) or (d) of this subdivision.\n 2. (a) The order shall state the court's reasons for the particular\ndisposition. If the court places the child in accordance with section\nseven hundred fifty-six of this part, the court in its order shall\ndetermine: (i) whether continuation in the child's home would be\ncontrary to the best interest of the child and where appropriate, that\nreasonable efforts were made prior to the date of the dispositional\nhearing held pursuant to this article to prevent or eliminate the need\nfor removal of the child from his or her home and, if the child was\nremoved from his or her home prior to the date of such hearing, that\nsuch removal was in the child's best interest and, where appropriate,\nreasonable efforts were made to make it possible for the child to return\nsafely home. If the court determines that reasonable efforts to prevent\nor eliminate the need for removal of the child from the home were not\nmade but that the lack of such efforts was appropriate under the\ncircumstances, the court order shall include such a finding; and (ii) in\nthe case of a child who has attained the age of fourteen, the services\nneeded, if any, to assist the child to make the transition from foster\ncare to independent living. Nothing in this subdivision shall be\nconstrued to modify the standards for directing pre-dispositional\nplacement set forth in section seven hundred thirty-nine of this\narticle.\n (b) For the purpose of this section, reasonable efforts to prevent or\neliminate the need for removing the child from the home of the child or\nto make it possible for the child to return safely to the home of the\nchild shall not be required where the court determines that:\n (i) the parent of such child has subjected the child to aggravated\ncircumstances, as defined in subdivision (g) of section seven hundred\ntwelve of this article;\n (ii) the parent of such child has been convicted of (A) murder in the\nfirst degree as defined in section 125.27 or murder in the second degree\nas defined in section 125.25 of the penal law and the victim was another\nchild of the parent; or (B) manslaughter in the first degree as defined\nin section 125.20 or manslaughter in the second degree as defined in\nsection 125.15 of the penal law and the victim was another child of the\nparent, provided, however, that the parent must have acted voluntarily\nin committing such crime;\n (iii) the parent of such child has been convicted of an attempt to\ncommit any of the crimes set forth in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) of this\nparagraph, and the victim or intended victim was the child or another\nchild of the parent; or has been convicted of criminal solicitation as\ndefined in article one hundred, conspiracy as defined in article one\nhundred five or criminal facilitation as defined in article one hundred\nfifteen of the penal law for conspiring, soliciting or facilitating any\nof the foregoing crimes, and the victim or intended victim was
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