N.Y. Educ. Law § 3230

§ 3230. School district meetings and activities. 1. The board of\neducation or trustees of each school district shall ensure that at any\nmeeting or activity which is conducted by the board of education,\ntrustees, school district or a district school which is specific to a\nchild's educational program and which parents or persons in parental\nrelationship who are hearing impaired, as defined by the commissioner,\nattend, the board of education or trustees shall provide interpreter\nservices at no charge to such persons, provided a written request\ntherefor is made to the school district within a reasonable time prior\nto the scheduled meeting or activity. In the event interpreter services\nare requested, the school district shall appoint an interpreter of the\ndeaf to interpret the proceedings of the meeting or activity. In the\nevent that an interpreter is unavailable, other reasonable\naccommodations shall be made which are satisfactory to the parents or\nguardians.\n 2. Each board of education or trustees shall adopt a policy which\nshall establish the time limitation for requesting interpreter services,\nexamples of what constitutes reasonable accommodations and how the\nregulations of the commissioner promulgated pursuant to this chapter\nshall be implemented.\n 3. For the purposes of this section "meeting" or "activity" shall\ninclude those school-initiated meetings or activities which parents or\npersons in parental relationship who are hearing impaired attend which\nare specific to the academic and/or disciplinary aspects of their\nchild's educational program including parent-teacher conferences and\nother such meetings and activities as defined by the commissioner.\n