Assembly Bill A9741

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires school districts to establish a medical hardship waiver policy

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  • 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

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2015-A9741 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7142
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A1364, S4020
2019-2020: A4832, S1670
2021-2022: A5755, S1377

2015-A9741 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires school districts to establish a medical hardship waiver policy to grant or deny permission to certain students to use established pick-up and drop-off points on established bus routes.

2015-A9741 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9741

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 5, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education  law, in relation to requiring school
  districts to establish a medical hardship waiver policy  to  grant  or
  deny  permission  to  certain  students to use established pick-up and
  drop-off points on established bus routes

  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. (I) THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT  AND
THE  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SHALL DEVELOP A MEDICAL HARDSHIP
WAIVER POLICY TO GRANT OR DENY PERMISSION TO CHILDREN  ATTENDING  GRADES
KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH  EIGHT  WHO  LIVE WITHIN TWO MILES FROM THE SCHOOL
WHICH THEY LEGALLY ATTEND AND FOR CHILDREN ATTENDING GRADES NINE THROUGH
TWELVE WHO LIVE WITHIN THREE MILES FROM THE SCHOOL  WHICH  THEY  LEGALLY
ATTEND  TO  USE  ALREADY  ESTABLISHED  PICK-UP AND/OR DROP-OFF POINTS ON
ALREADY ESTABLISHED BUS ROUTES.
  (II) THE  MEDICAL  HARDSHIP  WAIVER  POLICY  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO
SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL INCLUDE:
  (1)  A  FORMAL REQUEST PROCEDURE FOR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO REQUEST A
MEDICAL HARDSHIP WAIVER BASED UPON A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION  SUFFERED
BY  THE  CHILD,  PARENT OR GUARDIAN AND THE RESULTING HARDSHIP IN TRANS-
PORTING THE CHILD TO AND/OR FROM SCHOOL;
  (2) A REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF MEDICAL  DOCUMENTATION,  CERTIFIED
BY A PHYSICIAN OR OTHER DULY AUTHORIZED HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, OF A DIAG-
NOSIS  OF  A SERIOUS MEDICAL CONDITION WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE LIMITA-
TIONS RESULTING FROM SUCH DIAGNOSIS AND THE  APPROXIMATE  DURATION  THAT
SUCH LIMITATIONS WILL BE SUFFERED BY THE CHILD, PARENT OR GUARDIAN;
  (3) A REQUIREMENT FOR SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
HARDSHIP INCLUDING THE INABILITY OF THE CHILD TO SAFELY TRAVEL TO AND/OR
FROM  SCHOOL  WITHOUT  THE  REQUESTED  MEDICAL HARDSHIP WAIVER OR OF THE
INABILITY OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO SAFELY  TRANSPORT  THE  CHILD  TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14813-01-6
              

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