Enacts the school bus mandate relief act authorizing school districts, in their discretion, to provide student transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership.

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A6821A-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to education
• May 12, 2011: print number 6821a
• May 12, 2011: amend (t) and recommit to education
• Mar 31, 2011: referred to education

A6821A-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                   6821--A

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                               March 31, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMEL, GUNTHER, M. MILLER, REILLY, MURRAY,
    HAWLEY, SPANO, PAULIN, MAISEL, WEPRIN, WEISENBERG  --  Multi-Sponsored
    by  --  M.  of  A.   BURLING, CROUCH, KATZ, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, McENENY,
    McKEVITT, MILLMAN, MOLINARO, SALADINO, SMARDZ, THIELE -- read once and
    referred to the Committee on Education -- committee  discharged,  bill
    amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
    tee

  AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  enacting  the  school
    bus mandate relief act

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "school bus
  mandate relief act".
    S 2. Section 3635 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
  subdivision 8 to read as follows:

    8.    A  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  MAY, AT ITS DISCRETION, PROVIDE STUDENT
  TRANSPORTATION BASED UPON  PATTERNS  OF  ACTUAL  RIDERSHIP.  THE  ACTUAL
  RIDERSHIP  SHALL  BE BASED UPON THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE THAT YIELDS A
  CONSISTENT PATTERN OF ELIGIBLE PUPILS NOT USING DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION;
  OR MODELING OF  FUTURE  RIDERSHIP;  OR  THE  SHARING  OF  TRANSPORTATION
  REGIONALLY;  OR  OTHER  CRITERIA  DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT
  ENSURES THAT ALL STUDENTS IN NEED OF TRANSPORTATION RECEIVE IT.  NOTHING
  IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  REDUCE  OR  RELIEVE  SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM THE
  RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS OTHERWISE  ELIGI-
  BLE  AND  ACTUALLY  IN  NEED OF SUCH TRANSPORTATION. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT
  THAT, AT ITS DISCRETION, HAS ELECTED TO PROVIDE  STUDENT  TRANSPORTATION
  BASED  UPON  PATTERNS  OF ACTUAL RIDERSHIP SHALL PLACE SUCH PLANS ON THE
  SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE ON OR BEFORE AUGUST FIFTEENTH  OF  THE  SCHOOL
  YEAR IN WHICH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD10608-03-1