NY State Senate Bill 2019-S4005

Senate Bill S4005

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the city school district of Syracuse

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
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2019-S4005 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1840
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: A9547
2017-2018: S5003, A510
2021-2022: A1328

2019-S4005 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to transportation services for children residing in the city school district of the city of Syracuse.

2019-S4005 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S4005

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the education law, in relation to the
city school district of the city of Syracuse

 
PURPOSE:

This legislation would allow the Syracuse City School District to insti-
tute a pilot program to provide transportation to all students grades
K-8 who live 1 or more miles from school.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1- Adds new paragraph h to § 3635(1) of the Education Law. This
language allows the City of Syracuse to receive transportation aid as
part of a 5 year pilot program to provide transportation to all children
grades K-8 that live 1 or more miles from school. At the end of the
pilot program the Syracuse City School District shall produce a report
on the results of the program.

Section 2 - Establishes the Effective Date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The Syracuse City School District is one of the largest urban school
districts in Upstate New York. Syracuse is a high-needs district with
high concentrations of poverty. Under current law, the State will only
reimburse districts for transportation costs of children grades K-8 who
live 2 miles or more from school and children grades 9-12 who live 3
miles or more from school. This policy forces many students in Syracuse
to walk through high-traffic and high-crime areas.  Additionally, they
must face Upstate New York's traditionally harsh winters. The Syracuse
City School District is committed to reducing its busing distance, espe-
cially for its youngest students. However, a change in the law is
required to allow the District to receive transportation aid for some of
these costs.

Allowing Syracuse to reduce its busing distance will promote better
student attendance and attentiveness in class. The Syracuse City School
District faces many challenges. Getting children to and from school
safely should not be one of them. All children deserve safe school
transportation. This legislation will allow the Syracuse City School
District to establish a 5 year pilot program to reduce its busing
distance to 1 mile for grades K-8, and receive transportation aid for
those expenses. At the end of the progiam, the Syracuse City School
District will produce a report on the outcome of the program.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-2018: A.510-A/S5003 (Valesky);
2016: A.9547-A

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S4005 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4005
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 25, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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  the  city  school
   district of the city of Syracuse
 
   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.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF SYRACUSE, PURSUANT TO ADOPTION OF  A
 RESOLUTION  BY  THE  BOARD  OF EDUCATION SETTING FORTH A PLAN, MAY ENTER
 INTO A PILOT PROGRAM NOT TO EXCEED FIVE SCHOOL YEARS  BEGINNING  IN  THE
 TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN--TWO THOUSAND TWENTY SCHOOL YEAR TO PROVIDE TRANS-
 PORTATION  SERVICES  FOR CHILDREN RESIDING WITHIN THE DISTRICT ATTENDING
 KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE FIVE WHO LIVE  ONE  MILE  OR  MORE  FROM  THE
 SCHOOL  THEY  LEGALLY ATTEND. SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE RESTRICTED TO
 TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM CHILDREN'S HOMES OR  BEFORE  OR  AFTER-SCHOOL
 CHILD CARE LOCATIONS AND, IF OFFERED, SHALL BE PROVIDED FOR EACH STUDENT
 UP  TO  A DISTANCE OF FIFTEEN MILES, PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT THE BOARD OF
 EDUCATION OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT  MAY  APPROVE  TRANSPORTATION  FOR
 CHILDREN WHO LIVE WITHIN ONE MILE FROM THE SCHOOL THEY LEGALLY ATTEND IF
 SUCH  TRANSPORTATION IS NECESSARY DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS. TRANSPORTATION
 PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE OFFERED EQUALLY TO ALL  CHILDREN  IN
 LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT.  FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUT-
 ING  APPROVED  TRANSPORTATION  EXPENSES FOR TRANSPORTATION AID, EXPENSES
 FOR  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  PARAGRAPH  SHALL   BE
 INCLUDED.  THE  CITY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OF  THE CITY OF SYRACUSE   SHALL
 PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE GOVERNOR,  THE  SPEAKER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  THE
 TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE COMMISSIONER ON THE RESULTS OF
 THE  FIRST FOUR YEARS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE COST AND BENE-
 FIT ANALYSIS OF  INCREASED  OR  DECREASED  COSTS  FOR  THE  CITY  SCHOOL
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01942-01-9

 S. 4005                             2
 
 DISTRICT AND THE STATE, AND THE IMPACT ON STUDENT ATTENDANCE AND ACADEM-
 IC  PERFORMANCE  OF  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT, ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER THIR-
 TEENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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