Assembly Bill A8652

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Enables high school students to use public transportation without charge in order to ride to and from school

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2015-A8652 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A2447
2019-2020: A7101
2021-2022: A389
2023-2024: A1054

2015-A8652 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables high school students to use public transportation without charge in order to ride to and from school.

2015-A8652 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8652

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 7, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enabling  high  school
  students to use public transportation to ride to and from school at no
  charge

  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 a-1 to read as follows:
  A-1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF  LAW, ALL HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ATTENDING A PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE
USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT CHARGE FOR NO MORE THAN  ONE  DAILY
ROUND-TRIP  RIDE  ON ANY SCHOOL DAY FROM THEIR RESIDENCES TO THE SCHOOLS
WHICH THEY ATTEND AND FROM SUCH SCHOOLS TO THEIR RESIDENCES. EACH SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE A SUITABLE IDENTIFICATION CARD  TO  EACH  OF  ITS
STUDENTS  IN  ORDER  FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UTILIZED TO BE
ABLE TO DETERMINE EACH STUDENT'S ENTITLEMENT TO THIS BENEFIT.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.






 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD13095-01-5

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.