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.