Senate Bill S248B

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Allows boards of education to provide certain children transportation to school

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S248 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1470
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6404, A9978
2017-2018: S3787

2015-S248 - Summary

Allows boards of education, upon written request of a parent or guardian, to provide transportation to and from school for a child residing within the two or three mile designated area to use an already established pick up/drop off location outside of such two or three mile designated area; requires requests to specify explanations for the request; requires board of education to provide a written explanation to the parents as to the reasons for approval or denial.

2015-S248 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S248 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   248

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards  of
  education to provide certain children transportation to school

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 97 of  the  laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  a.  Sufficient  transportation facilities (including the operation and
maintenance of motor vehicles) shall be provided by the school  district
for all the children residing within the school district to and from the
school  they  legally  attend,  who  are  in need of such transportation
because of the remoteness  of  the  school  to  the  child  or  for  the
promotion  of  the  best interest of such children.  Such transportation
shall be provided for all children attending grades kindergarten through
eight who live more than two miles from the school  which  they  legally
attend  and  for  all  children attending grades nine through twelve who
live more than three miles from the school which they legally attend and
shall be provided for each such child up to a distance of fifteen miles,
the distances in each case being measured by the nearest available route
from home to school; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE BOARD OF  EDUCATION  OF
ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL, UPON WRITTEN PETITION OF A PARENT OR OTHER
PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION OF A CHILD RESIDING WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT  OR
OF  ANY  REPRESENTATIVE  AUTHORIZED  BY  SUCH  PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN
PARENTAL  RELATION,  SIGNED  BY  TWENTY-FIVE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS  OF  THE
DISTRICT OR FIVE PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF VOTERS WHO VOTED IN THE PREVI-
OUS  ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICHEVER
IS GREATER, MAKE AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE WHETHER CHILDREN RESIDING
WITHIN THE TWO OR THREE MILE DESIGNATED AREA MAY FOR SAFETY REASONS  USE

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

co-Sponsors

2015-S248A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1470
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6404, A9978
2017-2018: S3787

2015-S248A - Summary

Allows boards of education, upon written request of a parent or guardian, to provide transportation to and from school for a child residing within the two or three mile designated area to use an already established pick up/drop off location outside of such two or three mile designated area; requires requests to specify explanations for the request; requires board of education to provide a written explanation to the parents as to the reasons for approval or denial.

2015-S248A - Sponsor Memo

2015-S248A - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 248--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MARTINS, VENDITTO -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards of
  education to provide certain children transportation to school

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
tion  law,  as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  a. Sufficient transportation facilities (including the  operation  and
maintenance  of motor vehicles) shall be provided by the school district
for all the children residing within the school district to and from the
school they legally attend, who  are  in  need  of  such  transportation
because  of  the  remoteness  of  the  school  to  the  child or for the
promotion of the best interest of such children.    Such  transportation
shall be provided for all children attending grades kindergarten through
eight  who  live  more than two miles from the school which they legally
attend and for all children attending grades  nine  through  twelve  who
live more than three miles from the school which they legally attend and
shall be provided for each such child up to a distance of fifteen miles,
the distances in each case being measured by the nearest available route
from  home  to school; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR
TRUSTEES OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL, UPON WRITTEN PETITION OF A PARENT
OR OTHER PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION OF A  CHILD  RESIDING  WITHIN  SUCH
DISTRICT  OR  OF  ANY  REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH PARENT OR OTHER
PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION, MAKE AN INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE  WHETHER
A  CHILD  RESIDING  WITHIN THE TWO OR THREE MILE DESIGNATED AREA SHOULD,
FOR SAFETY REASONS, USE AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED PICK UP/DROP OFF LOCATION

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

co-Sponsors

2015-S248B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1470
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6404, A9978
2017-2018: S3787

2015-S248B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows boards of education, upon written request of a parent or guardian, to provide transportation to and from school for a child residing within the two or three mile designated area to use an already established pick up/drop off location outside of such two or three mile designated area; requires requests to specify explanations for the request; requires board of education to provide a written explanation to the parents as to the reasons for approval or denial.

2015-S248B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S248B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 248--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. MARTINS, VENDITTO -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and  when  printed  to  be  committed to the Committee on Education --
  committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
  recommitted  to  said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended,
  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing boards  of
  education to provide certain children transportation to school

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 3635  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph h to read as follows:
  H. (I) A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL, UPON WRITTEN
REQUEST OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD ATTENDING GRADES KINDERGARTEN
THROUGH  EIGHT  WHO  LIVES  WITHIN  TWO  MILES FROM THE SCHOOL THAT THEY
LEGALLY ATTEND OR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD ATTENDING GRADES  NINE
THROUGH  TWELVE  WHO  LIVES WITHIN THREE MILES FROM THE SCHOOL THAT THEY
LEGALLY ATTEND, MAKE A DETERMINATION AS  TO  WHETHER  A  CHILD  RESIDING
WITHIN THE TWO OR THREE MILE DISTANCE LIMITATION MAY FOR REASONS RELATED
TO  SAFETY  OR  OTHER  EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES USE AN ALREADY ESTAB-
LISHED PICK-UP AND/OR DROP-OFF POINT ON  AN  ALREADY  ESTABLISHED  ROUTE
OUTSIDE  OF SUCH TWO OR THREE MILE DISTANCE LIMITATION. WRITTEN REQUESTS
SHALL SPECIFY EXPLANATIONS FOR THE REQUEST, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
ANY POTENTIAL HARDSHIPS OR HAZARDS TO THE  CHILD'S  SAFETY  DUE  TO  THE
PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN'S  INABILITY  TO  ACCOMPANY  THEIR CHILD TO OR FROM
SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE PICK-UP  AND/OR  DROP-OFF  POINT  CLOSEST  TO  THE
CHILD'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
  (II)  UPON  RECEIPT  OF  SUCH  WRITTEN REQUEST, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHILD SHALL BE PERMITTED TO USE  AN  ALREADY
ESTABLISHED  PICK-UP  AND/OR  DROP-OFF POINT AND SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN
EXPLANATION TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAKING  SUCH  REQUEST  AS  TO  THE

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

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