NY State Senate Bill 2021-S1178

Senate Bill S1178

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts to use school transportation aid to pay for the cost and expenses of transporting and delivering meals, homework materials and any other school materials to students during COVID-19

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2021-S1178 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3727
Current Committee:: Senate Education
Law Section:: Education
Laws Affected:: Amd §§3622-a & 3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S8585, A10757

2021-S1178 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S1178 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S1178

SPONSOR: MAY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing school
districts to use school transportation aid to pay for the cost and
expenses of transporting and delivering meals, homework materials and
any other school materials to students during the COVID-19 pandemic

 
PURPOSE:

To qualify meal and homework delivery to students during the COVID-19
pandemic for reimbursement under school transportation aid.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: adds a new subdivision 8 to Section 3622-a of the education
law, to include the transportation of meals and other materials during
the COVID-19 emergency declaration in the computation of aidable trans-
portation aid.

Section 2: Section 2: adds a new subparagraph 12 to Section 3263-a
subdivision 1 paragraph e of the education law to include the transpor-
tation of meals and other materials during the COVID19 emergency decla-
ration in the computation of allowable transportation expenses.

**The A print of this bill amends appropriate sections of the education
law.**

 
JUSTIFICATION:

While school districts across the state are closed for in-person
instruction, many districts continue to work every single day to deliver
meals and homework to their student populations. School district staff
and bus drivers perform the majority of these deliveries. Under our
current system, schools do not anticipate this meal and homework deliv-
ery function to be covered under school funding from the state. This
bill allows school districts to use state transportation aid to cover
the expenses of such deliveries.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

To be determined.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019-2020 - S.8585-A (May) Passed Senate /A.10757 (Stirpe) Referred to
Education

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

2021-S1178 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1178
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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  authorizing  school
   districts  to  use  school  transportation aid to pay for the cost and
   expenses of transporting and delivering meals, homework materials  and
   any other school materials to students during the COVID-19 pandemic
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3622-a of the education law is amended by adding  a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 TRANSPORTATION  OF MEALS,  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND ANY OTHER  SCHOOL-
 RELATED MATERIALS FOR THE PERIOD THAT BEGAN WITH THE DECLARATION OF  THE
 STATE  OF  EMERGENCY  DECLARED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THAT
 WAS EXECUTED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER TWO HUNDRED  TWO  THAT  BEGAN  ON  MARCH
 SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   §  2.  Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 3623-a of the education
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 12 to read as follows:
   (12) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 TRANSPORTATION  OF MEALS,  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND ANY OTHER  SCHOOL-
 RELATED  MATERIALS FOR THE PERIOD THAT BEGAN WITH THE DECLARATION OF THE
 STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AS A RESULT OF THE  COVID-19  PANDEMIC  THAT
 WAS  EXECUTED  IN  EXECUTIVE  ORDER  TWO HUNDRED TWO THAT BEGAN ON MARCH
 SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04797-01-1

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