NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8518

Senate Bill S8518

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing for the transportation of students by a vehicle used for agricultural education purposes

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May 09, 2018	referred to education

2017-S8518 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S1910

2017-S8518 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows for the transportation of students by a vehicle used for agricultural education purposes.

2017-S8518 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8518

SPONSOR: FUNKE
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to
allowing for the transportation of students by a vehicle used for agri-
cultural education purposes

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would allow school students to be transported in vehi-
cles other than registered school buses as long as they are used in
agricultural education.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: adds a new subdivision 57 of section 305 of the education law
to allow for the use of vehicles used in agricultural education for
transporting pupils.

Section 2: provides for an immediate effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Of the 150 or so secondary agriculture education programs in New York
State, perhaps 10 to 15 programs have an occasional need to use a school
truck vehicle as part of the agriculture curriculum. In these instances,
the vehicle is used as an educational resource providing students with
opportunities that are practical, real-world applications beneficial to
their future agriculturally-related work, jobs or careers. Such tasks
are related to a variety of classroom instruction units and are taught
as part of the classroom instruction in multifaceted agriculturally
related settings.

Uses of a truck as an educational tool are numerous. Students learn how
to properly load and secure various agricultural resources, attach
implements such as trailers, and a host of other applications typically
found in agriculture settings. A few circumstances that would apply:
load and secure hay or animal feed; transport sap buckets/pumps or other
equipment to a sugarbush; load and secure lawn mowers or other landscape
equipment.  Learning to safely carry out and participate in these tasks
are an important part of the educational component.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S8518 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8518
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- 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  allowing  for  the
   transportation  of  students by a vehicle used for agricultural educa-
   tion purposes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57. THE COMMISSIONER, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANS-
 PORTATION,  SHALL  ALLOW  FOR  THE  USE OF VEHICLES USED IN AGRICULTURAL
 EDUCATION FOR TRANSPORTING PUPILS. SUCH VEHICLES SHALL BE ALLOWED TO  BE
 USED FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION WHERE THE VEHICLE:
   A. IS INSURED AND OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT;
   B. HAS PASSED AN INSPECTION WITHIN THE PAST YEAR;
   C.  IS  OPERATED  BY AN AGRICULTURE TEACHER WITH A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
 LICENSE WITH A PASSENGER ENDORSEMENT AND THE APPROPRIATE  LICENSING  FOR
 OPERATING THE VEHICLE;
   D.  IS  BEING  USED  IN A MANNER DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE CURRICULUM AS
 WELL AS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS; AND
   E. HAS NO MORE THAN THE LEGALLY ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF PASSENGERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15802-01-8

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