N.Y. Education Law § 112-a: Students confined in certain facilities; responsibility for issuance of diplomas

§ 112-a. Students confined in certain facilities; responsibility for

issuance of diplomas. 1. A person under twenty-one years of age who has

not received a high school diploma and who is placed with, committed to,

under the supervision of, detained or otherwise confined in any facility

operated or administered by a state department or agency or political

subdivision of the state which provides educational programs pursuant to

section one hundred twelve of this article, or who is confined in a

correctional facility, as defined in subdivision four of section two of

the correction law, and who participates in an educational program

provided by such facility, shall be issued a high school diploma by the

school district of location except when credit bearing educational

programming is provided by another school district. When credit bearing

educational programming is provided by another school district, that

district shall be responsible for issuing the high school diploma. The

school district responsible for issuing the diploma must determine if

such person has completed the minimum New York state diploma

requirements as set forth in the regulations of the commissioner while

placed with, committed to, under the supervision of, detained or

confined in such facility.

2. For purposes of this section the term "school district of location"

means the school district in which the facility where such youth is

placed, committed, supervised, detained or confined is located.