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Senate Bill S1857
2015-2016 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
2015-S1857 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S7899
2017-2018: S4199
2015-S1857 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to contracts for the transportation of school children; provides the board of education of a school district in a city with a population of a million or more shall include in such contracts provisions for the retention or preference in hiring of employees previously or currently working for employers that have been or are parties to such contracts and provisions for the preservation of levels of wages, health, and retirement benefits and seniority for employees of such employers; provides alternatively for the chancellor of the city school district of NYC to promulgate regulations requiring the retention or preferences in hiring of employees previously or currently performing work for employers that have been or are parties to such contracts, and provisions for the preservation of levels of wages, health and retirement benefits and seniority for employees of such employers.
2015-S1857 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1857 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for the transportation of school children SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the Education Law to require that either (i) the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) include in its contracts for school bus transportation for children in grades kindergarten through 12 provisions for the retention or preference in hiring and the preservation of levels of wages, health and retirement benefits and seniority of employees who perform or performed work for employers party to such contracts, in connection with such contracts; or (ii) the Chancellor of the NYC DOE promulgate regulations requiring the protections described above. Section two would require that this bill take effect immediately. PURPOSE: This proposal will allow NYC DOE to protect the experienced workforce in the kindergarten through 12 sector, whose employers' contracts had
2015-S1857 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1857 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 15, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- 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 contracts for the transportation of school children THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the educa- tion law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: a. All contracts for the transportation of school children, all contracts to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school district that are used for the transportation of school children, all contracts for mobile instructional units, and all contracts to provide, maintain and operate cafeteria or restaurant service by a private food service management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner, who may disapprove a proposed contract if, in his opinion, the best interests of the district will be promoted thereby. Except as provided in paragraph e of this subdivision, all such contracts involving an annual expenditure in excess of the amount specified for purchase contracts in the bidding requirements of the general municipal law shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, which responsibility shall be determined by the board of education or the trustee of a district, with power hereby vested in the commissioner to reject any or all bids if, in his opinion, the best interests of the district will be promoted thereby and, upon such rejection of all bids, the commissioner shall order the board of education or trustee of the district to seek, obtain and consider new proposals. PROVIDED THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBDIVISION: (I) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL INCLUDE IN CONTRACTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN, WHETHER AWARDED THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING OR THROUGH EVALUATION OF EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06862-01-5
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