Senate Bill S8781

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to providing transportation for children with a handicapping condition

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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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2017-S8781 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9648
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4402, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S4168, A1686
2021-2022: S419, A650
2023-2024: S1558, A3365

2017-S8781 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing transportation for children with handicapping conditions; removes the requirement that a child attends the school the district is providing transportation to for the purpose of receiving services or programs similar to special educational programs recommended for such child by the local committee on special education.

2017-S8781 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S8781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8781
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2018
                                ___________
 
 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 providing  transporta-
   tion for children with handicapping conditions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 4402 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 646 of the laws of 1992, is amended to
 read as follows:
   d. Notwithstanding any  other  provision  of  law,  such  board  shall
 provide  suitable  transportation up to a distance of fifty miles to and
 from a nonpublic school which a  child  with  a  handicapping  condition
 attends  if  such child has been so identified by the local committee on
 special education [and such child attends such school for the purpose of
 receiving services or programs similar to special  educational  programs
 recommended for such child by the local committee on special education].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14187-01-8

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