Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 19, 2010 |
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Assembly Bill A11140
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
WEPRIN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A11140 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A11140 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:A11140 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To allow the commissioner to authorize and direct the development of guidelines for the transportation of pupils attending school in the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhat- tan, Queens and Staten Island while on field trips. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Amend Section 1. Section. 305 of the education law by adding a new subdivision 41 to allow the commissioner to authorize and direct the development of guidelines for the transpor- tation of pupils attending school in the boroughs of the Bronx, Brook- lyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island to the location of field trips during and outside of school hours on school buses owned or leased by school districts located in such boroughs, Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, such transportation shall be provided to locations within twenty miles outside of the boundaries of the said boroughs and to any location within the city. JUSTIFICATION: This bill would allow for schools to take pupils on field trips outside of the City of New York to locations within twenty miles outside of the boundaries of the city and to any location within the five boroughs. Taking into consideration the area and size of New York
2009-A11140 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 11140 I N A S S E M B L Y May 19, 2010 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing and directing the commissioner to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 42 to read as follows: 42. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE BOROUGHS OF THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND TO THE LOCATION OF FIELD TRIPS DURING AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS ON SCHOOL BUSES OWNED OR LEASED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN SUCH BOROUGHS. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO LOCATIONS WITHIN TWENTY MILES OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGHS OF THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND AND TO ANY LOCATION WITHIN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOCATED. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08092-01-9
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