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                                  7269

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 27, 2011
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Introduced  by M. of A. NOLAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  certain  contracts
  regarding bus drivers and bus driver's assistants

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 1604 of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  269  of  the  laws  of 1974, is amended to read as
follows:
  23. To contract with any person, corporation or other school  district
for  the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when author-
ized to do so under subdivision nineteen of section two  thousand  twen-
ty-one,  by vote of the inhabitants of the district entitled to vote, or
to contract for the operation, maintenance and garaging of  motor  vehi-
cles  owned  by  the  district,  in accordance with such rules and regu-
lations as such trustees may establish, consistent with the  regulations
of  the  commissioner  of  education.  Upon  authorization  by  a school
district meeting, every such contract of transportation may be made  for
a  period not exceeding five years, notwithstanding any provision of any
other law inconsistent herewith.  WITH RESPECT TO ANY  CONTRACT  ENTERED
INTO  UNDER  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  THE  DISTRICT  SHALL ABIDE BY THE TERMS
CONTAINED IN ANY COLLECTIVELY  BARGAINED  AGREEMENT  APPLICABLE  TO  BUS
DRIVERS  AND DRIVER'S ASSISTANTS ENTERED INTO BY THE CONTRACTING ENTITY,
GOVERNING DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST BUS DRIVERS AND DRIVER'S  ASSIST-
ANTS EMPLOYED BY SUCH CONTRACTING ENTITY, PRIOR TO THE DISTRICT IMPOSING
OR  IMPLEMENTING  AN  ADVERSE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST SUCH DRIVER OR
DRIVER'S ASSISTANT.
  S 2. Subdivision 27 of section 1709 of the education law,  as  amended
by chapter 737 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
  27.  To contract with any person, corporation or other school district
for the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when  author-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ized  to  do so under subdivision nineteen of section two thousand twen-
ty-one of this chapter, by vote of the inhabitants of the district enti-
tled to vote, or to contract for the operation, maintenance and garaging
of  motor  vehicles owned by the district, in accordance with such rules
and regulations as such board of  education  may  establish,  consistent
with the regulations of the commissioner. Upon authorization by a school
district  meeting, every such contract of transportation may be made for
a period not exceeding five years, notwithstanding any provision of  any
other  law  inconsistent herewith.  WITH RESPECT TO ANY CONTRACT ENTERED
INTO UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE  DISTRICT  SHALL  ABIDE  BY  THE  TERMS
CONTAINED  IN  ANY  COLLECTIVELY  BARGAINED  AGREEMENT APPLICABLE TO BUS
DRIVERS AND DRIVER'S ASSISTANTS ENTERED INTO BY THE CONTRACTING  ENTITY,
GOVERNING  DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST BUS DRIVERS AND DRIVER'S ASSIST-
ANTS EMPLOYED BY SUCH CONTRACTING ENTITY, PRIOR TO THE DISTRICT IMPOSING
OR IMPLEMENTING AN ADVERSE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST  SUCH  DRIVER  OR
DRIVER'S ASSISTANT.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.