The paper documents regulations issued by New York's Commissioner of Education dealing with children with handicapping conditions. The 15 subsections of the regulations cover: (1) definitions; (2) board of education responsibilities; (3) committee on special education; (4) procedures for referral, evaluation, individualized education program development, placement, and review; (5) procedural due process; (6) continuum of services; (7) educational program standards for handicapped pupils attending private schools and State-operated or State-supported schools; (8) State assistance for instruction of pupils with handicapping conditions; (9) State reimbursement to private schools and special-act school districts; (10) reimbursement to certain State-operated and State-supported schools for blind, deaf, and severely handicapped children; (11) admission to public schools of children residing in facilities of the Office of Mental Health and the Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities or child care institutions; (12) State assistance for transportation of pupils with handicapping conditions; (13) educational programs for autistic pupils; (14) day treatment programs certified by the Office of Mental Health; and (15) procedures for prevention of abuse, maltreatment, or neglect of children in residential placements. (JDD)