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

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