Senate Bill S3787

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Allows boards of education to provide certain children transportation to school

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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

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2017-S3787 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S6404
2015-2016: S248

2017-S3787 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows boards of education, upon written request of a parent or guardian, to provide transportation to and from school for a child residing within the two or three mile designated area to use an already established pick up/drop off location outside of such two or three mile designated area; requires requests to specify explanations for the request; requires board of education to provide a written explanation to the parents as to the reasons for approval or denial.

2017-S3787 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3787 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3787
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. PHILLIPS -- 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 authorizing boards  of
   education to provide certain children transportation to school
 
   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) A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL, UPON WRITTEN
 REQUEST OF A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD ATTENDING GRADES KINDERGARTEN
 THROUGH  EIGHT  WHO  LIVES  WITHIN  TWO  MILES FROM THE SCHOOL THAT THEY
 LEGALLY ATTEND OR A PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD ATTENDING GRADES  NINE
 THROUGH  TWELVE  WHO  LIVES WITHIN THREE MILES FROM THE SCHOOL THAT THEY
 LEGALLY ATTEND, MAKE A DETERMINATION AS  TO  WHETHER  A  CHILD  RESIDING
 WITHIN THE TWO OR THREE MILE DISTANCE LIMITATION MAY FOR REASONS RELATED
 TO  SAFETY  OR  OTHER  EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES USE AN ALREADY ESTAB-
 LISHED PICK-UP AND/OR DROP-OFF POINT ON  AN  ALREADY  ESTABLISHED  ROUTE
 OUTSIDE  OF SUCH TWO OR THREE MILE DISTANCE LIMITATION. WRITTEN REQUESTS
 SHALL SPECIFY EXPLANATIONS FOR THE REQUEST, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
 ANY POTENTIAL HARDSHIPS OR HAZARDS TO THE  CHILD'S  SAFETY  DUE  TO  THE
 PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN'S  INABILITY  TO  ACCOMPANY  THEIR CHILD TO OR FROM
 SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE PICK-UP  AND/OR  DROP-OFF  POINT  CLOSEST  TO  THE
 CHILD'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
   (II)  UPON  RECEIPT  OF  SUCH  WRITTEN REQUEST, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
 SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHILD SHALL BE PERMITTED TO USE  AN  ALREADY
 ESTABLISHED  PICK-UP  AND/OR  DROP-OFF POINT AND SHALL PROVIDE A WRITTEN
 EXPLANATION TO THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN MAKING  SUCH  REQUEST  AS  TO  THE
 REASONS  FOR  APPROVAL  OR  DENIAL FOR SUCH REQUEST. BEFORE THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION MAKES ITS DECISION, IT SHALL DETERMINE WHETHER PERMITTING  THE
 CHILD  TO USE AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED PICK-UP AND/OR DROP-OFF POINT WOULD
 INCUR ADDITIONAL COSTS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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