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                                   1610
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  reimbursement  of
   certain transportation costs provided by parents of students
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3635 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING, THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN MAY ELECT TO  PROVIDE
 TRANSPORTATION  OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED OR DIRECTED BY THIS CHAPTER, TO ONE
 OR MORE OF SUCH CHILDREN IN THE CASE  WHERE  ONE  OR  MORE  CHILDREN  IN
 GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH SIXTH GRADE REMAIN AT SCHOOL FOR REGULARLY
 SCHEDULED ACADEMIC CLASSES UNTIL  FIVE  O'CLOCK  IN  THE  AFTERNOON,  OR
 LATER,  ON WEEKDAYS, AND RESIDE AT LEAST ONE-HALF MILE FROM THEIR SCHOOL
 OF ATTENDANCE FOR GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWO, AND AT LEAST ONE MILE
 FROM THEIR SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX. IN SUCH  A
 CASE,  THE COST OF THE PARENTS PROVISION OF SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE
 CONSIDERED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER TO  BE  A  CHARGE  UPON  THE
 DISTRICT  AND AN ORDINARY CONTINGENT EXPENSE OF THE DISTRICT, SO LONG AS
 SUCH CHILD OR CHILDREN SHALL BE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROVISION  OF
 TRANSPORTATION  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION, AND THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OR
 ANY REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  SHALL  HAVE
 NOTIFIED  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WRITING IN THE SAME MANNER AND UPON THE
 SAME DATES AS ARE REQUIRED FOR A REQUEST FOR TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION SHALL ONLY APPLY TO THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW
 YORK,  AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT TRANSPORTATION FOR A LESSER DISTANCE OR
 AN EARLIER TIME THAN SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBDIVISION MAY  BE  PROVIDED  BY
 SUCH  DISTRICT,  AND, IF PROVIDED, SHALL BE OFFERED EQUALLY TO ALL CHIL-
 DREN IN LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT. IF THE REQUIREMENTS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 S. 1610                             2
 
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION HAVE BEEN MET, THE CHANCELLOR OF  SUCH  CITY  SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  SHALL PRESCRIBE A SYSTEM UNDER WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
 REIMBURSE THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH CHILDREN IN AN  AMOUNT  NOT  TO
 EXCEED  THE  AMOUNT  IT WOULD OTHERWISE EXPEND TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
 SERVICES FOR THE EQUIVALENT  CHILD  OR  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN,  AND  SUCH
 EXPENSES  SHALL  BE  DEEMED AN ACTUAL EXPENDITURE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
 AND SUCH DISTRICT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN APPORTIONMENT FOR PUPIL TRANS-
 PORTATION STATE AID PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH CHILD OR  CHILDREN
 IN  THE  SAME  MANNER  AND AT THE SAME RATE AS IF SUCH CHILD OR CHILDREN
 RECEIVED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.