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                                 7060--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 21, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Education  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law,  in relation to the city school
  district of the city of Syracuse

  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 h to read as follows:
  H. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
CITY  SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF SYRACUSE, PURSUANT TO ADOPTION OF A
RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SETTING FORTH  A  PLAN,  MAY  ENTER
INTO  A  PILOT  PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED FIVE SCHOOL YEARS BEGINNING IN THE
TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN--TWO THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN  SCHOOL  YEAR  TO  PROVIDE
TRANSPORTATION  SERVICES  FOR  CHILDREN  RESIDING  WITHIN  THE  DISTRICT
ATTENDING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE FIVE WHO LIVE ONE MILE OR MORE FROM
THE SCHOOL THEY LEGALLY ATTEND. SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE  RESTRICTED
TO TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM CHILDREN'S HOMES OR BEFORE OR AFTER-SCHOOL
CHILD CARE LOCATIONS AND, IF OFFERED, SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH STUDENT
UP  TO  A DISTANCE OF FIFTEEN MILES, PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT  MAY  APPROVE  TRANSPORTATION  FOR
CHILDREN WHO LIVE WITHIN ONE MILE FROM THE SCHOOL THEY LEGALLY ATTEND IF
SUCH  TRANSPORTATION IS NECESSARY DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. TRANSPORTATION
PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE OFFERED EQUALLY TO ALL  CHILDREN  IN
LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUT-
ING  APPROVED  TRANSPORTATION  EXPENSES FOR TRANSPORTATION AID, EXPENSES
FOR  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL   BE
INCLUDED.  THE  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF  THE CITY OF SYRACUSE   SHALL
PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  THE
TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE COMMISSIONER ON THE RESULTS OF
THE  FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE COST AND BENE-
FIT ANALYSIS OF INCREASED OR DECREASED COSTS FOR  THE  THE  CITY  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  AND  THE STATE, ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH, TWO THOUSAND
TWENTY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

              

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14657-03-6