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Senate Bill S5088
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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
2011-S5088 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง3635, Ed L
2011-S5088 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5088 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the transportation of children residing in a school district in the county of Westchester PURPOSE:The purpose of this bill is to give school districts in Westchester County additional flexibility in shaping their own school transportation plans to transport children to public or private schools. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends Education Law section 3635(1) to authorize school districts in Westchester County to reduce their obligation to transport school children from home to school from the current state mandated 15 miles to 7 miles. Such mileage restriction in the scope of transporting school district children must be adopted pursuant to a school board resolution. JUSTIFICATION: The current law establishes an obligation for school districts to transport children at least 15 miles each way from home to school and then back to home again. While this requirement may be sound for school districts of large geographical size throughout this State, it may be a burden on certain school districts in
2011-S5088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5088 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 3, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- 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 the transportation of children residing in a school district in the county of Westchester THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs a, b and e of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the education law, paragraph a as amended by chapter 69 of the laws of 1992, paragraph b as amended by chapter 718 of the laws of 1990, subpar- agraph (i) of paragraph b as amended by chapter 571 of the laws of 1994 and paragraph e as amended by chapter 665 of the laws of 1990, are 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, EXCEPT UPON THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION, LIMITING SUCH TRANSPORTATION TO SEVEN MILES, BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, the distances in each case being measured by the nearest available route from home to school. The cost of providing such transportation between two or three miles, as the case may be, and SEVEN OR fifteen miles, AS THE CASE MAY BE, shall be considered for the purposes of this chapter to be a charge upon the district and an ordi- nary contingent expense of the district. Transportation for a lesser EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11319-01-1
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