Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 08, 2016 |
print number 5984c |
Jun 08, 2016 |
amend and recommit to education |
Jun 06, 2016 |
print number 5984b |
Jun 06, 2016 |
amend and recommit to education |
May 16, 2016 |
print number 5984a |
May 16, 2016 |
amend (t) and recommit to education |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
Jun 16, 2015 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S5984C
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 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
Bill Amendments
2015-S5984 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8019
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L; amd §1115, Tax L
2015-S5984 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5984 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for the transportation of school children PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To restore employee protection provisions to school bus contracts in NYC SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Statement of legislative findings regarding employee protection provisions, and pension liability. This bill amends section 305 of the education law to restore employee protection provisions (EPPs) in school bus contracts in NYC. JUSTIFICATION: EPPs create a master seniority list that school bus companies must use to fill job vacancies. The master seniority list is comprised of employees who become unemployed as a result. of reassignment of busing contracts. EPPs require bus contractors to give priority, by seniority, to veteran drivers at the same pay and benefits, including pension rate, as their most recent jobs. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately
2015-S5984 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5984 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 16, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules 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. Statement of legislative findings and necessity. The legis- lature hereby finds that for three decades beginning in 1979, following a strike by school bus workers, the school bus contracts of the board of education of the city of New York included employee protection provisions requiring transportation contractors, among other things, to give priority in hiring to employees who became unemployed because of their employers' loss of bus contract work for such board and to pay such employees the same wages and benefits they had received prior to becoming unemployed. Following the 2011 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals in L&M BUS CORP., ET AL., V. THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ET AL., the board of education of the city of New York did not include the employee protection provisions that had been part of the board's school bus contracts for over 30 years or any similar provisions in its solic- itations for its school bus contracts. After the issuance of the first such Post-L&M solicitation; there was a school bus strike in January and February of 2013. During this strike, many children were either unable to attend school or were burdened, along with their families, with find- ing alternative modes of transportation in the heart of winter. The legislature further finds that the board of education of the city of New York contracts with 62 companies to provide vital school bus transportation to 149,000 school-age children. Pursuant to the education law, the state reimburses the board of education of the city of New York for a substantial percentage of its school bus contract expenditures. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10792-01-5
2015-S5984A - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8019
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L; amd §1115, Tax L
2015-S5984A - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5984A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law and the tax law, in relation to contracts for the transportation of school children PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To restore employee protection provisions to school bus contracts in NYC, to allow for the use of the employment cost index for the calculation of the extension of school bus contracts and to exempt school bus purchases from sales tax SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of this bill contains legislative findings Section two of this bill amends paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the Education Law to require the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) to include in its solicitations for contracts for school bus transportation for children in grades kindergarten through 12 ("school bus contracts") provisions for the retention or preference in hiring and the preservation of wages, health, welfare and retirement benefits and seniority of employees who perform or performed work for employers party to such contracts, in
2015-S5984A - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5984--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 16, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law and the tax 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. Statement of legislative findings and necessity. The legis- lature hereby finds that for three decades beginning in 1979, following a strike by school bus workers, the school bus contracts of the board of education of the city of New York included employee protection provisions requiring transportation contractors, among other things, to give priority in hiring to employees who became unemployed because of their employers' loss of bus contract work for such board and to pay such employees the same wages and benefits they had received prior to becoming unemployed. Following the 2011 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals in L&M BUS CORP., ET AL., V. THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ET AL., the board of education of the city of New York did not include the employee protection provisions that had been part of the board's school bus contracts for over 30 years or any similar provisions in its solic- itations for its school bus contracts. After the issuance of the first such Post-L&M solicitation; there was a school bus strike in January and February of 2013. During this strike, many children were either unable to attend school or were burdened, along with their families, with find- ing alternative modes of transportation in the heart of winter. The legislature further finds that the board of education of the city of New York contracts with 62 companies to provide vital school bus transportation to 149,000 school-age children. Pursuant to the education EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10792-02-6
2015-S5984B - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8019
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L; amd §1115, Tax L
2015-S5984B - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5984B TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law and the tax law, in relation to contracts for the transportation of school children PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To restore employee protection provisions to school bus contracts in NYC, to allow for the use of the employment cost index for the calculation of the extension of school bus contracts and to exempt school bus purchases from sales tax SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of this bill contains legislative findings Section two of this bill amends paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the Education Law to require the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) to include in its solicitations for contracts for school bus transportation for children in grades kindergarten through 12 ("school bus contracts") provisions for the retention or preference in hiring and the preservation of wages, health, welfare and retirement benefits and seniority of employees who perform or performed work for employers party to such contracts, in connection with such contracts and change the index used as a negotiation cap for the extension of school transportation contracts
2015-S5984B - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5984--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 16, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law and the tax 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. Statement of legislative findings and necessity. The legis- lature hereby finds that for three decades beginning in 1979, following a strike by school bus workers, the school bus contracts of the board of education of the city of New York included employee protection provisions requiring transportation contractors, among other things, to give priority in hiring to employees who became unemployed because of their employers' loss of bus contract work for such board and to pay such employees the same wages and benefits they had received prior to becoming unemployed. Following the 2011 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals in L&M BUS CORP., ET AL., V. THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ET AL., the board of education of the city of New York did not include the employee protection provisions that had been part of the board's school bus contracts for over 30 years or any similar provisions in its solic- itations for its school bus contracts. After the issuance of the first such Post-L&M solicitation; there was a school bus strike in January and February of 2013. During this strike, many children were either unable to attend school or were burdened, along with their families, with find- ing alternative modes of transportation in the heart of winter. The legislature further finds that the board of education of the city of New York contracts with 62 companies to provide vital school bus EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10792-04-6
2015-S5984C (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8019
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §305, Ed L; amd §1115, Tax L
2015-S5984C (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5984C TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law and the tax law, in relation to contracts for the transportation of school children PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : To restore employee protection provisions to school bus contracts in NYC, to allow for the use of the employment cost index for the calculation of the extension of school bus contracts and to exempt school bus purchases from sales tax SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section one of this bill contains legislative findings Section two of this bill amends paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the Education Law to require the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) to include in its solicitations for contracts for school bus transportation for children in grades kindergarten through 12 ("school bus contracts") provisions for the retention or preference in hiring and the preservation of wages, health, welfare and retirement benefits and seniority of employees who perform or performed work for employers party to such contracts, in connection with such contracts and change the index used as a negotiation cap for the extension of school transportation contracts
2015-S5984C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5984--C 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 16, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the education law and the tax 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. Statement of legislative findings and necessity. The legis- lature hereby finds that for three decades beginning in 1979, following a strike by school bus workers, the school bus contracts of the board of education of the city of New York included employee protection provisions requiring transportation contractors, among other things, to give priority in hiring to employees who became unemployed because of their employers' loss of bus contract work for such board and to pay such employees the same wages and benefits they had received prior to becoming unemployed. Following the 2011 decision by the New York State Court of Appeals in L&M BUS CORP., ET AL., V. THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ET AL., the board of education of the city of New York did not include the employee protection provisions that had been part of the board's school bus contracts for over 30 years or any similar provisions in its solic- itations for its school bus contracts. After the issuance of the first such Post-L&M solicitation; there was a school bus strike in January and February of 2013. During this strike, many children were either unable to attend school or were burdened, along with their families, with find- ing alternative modes of transportation in the heart of winter. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10792-06-6
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