Board of Education of Bay Shore Union Free School District v. Thomas K.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Lippman.

This appeal presents two questions governed by section 3602-c of the Education Law: (1) whether petitioner School District is required to provide respondent student with an individual aide at his nonpublic school and (2) whether an individual aide falls within the definition of “services.” We find that, under these circumstances, the School District is required to provide the aide at the student’s private school and that an individual aide is a service within the meaning of the statute. We therefore affirm.

Respondent child is a student at St. Patrick…