Assembly Bill A8135

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Permits local boards of education to enter into contracts with a drive-sharing network of persons for reimbursement of transportation expenses

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A8135 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1709, Ed L

2023-A8135 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits local boards of education to enter into contracts with a drive-sharing network of persons for reimbursement of transportation expenses for the conveyance of pupils residing in such school districts; authorizes the commissioner of education to promulgate any necessary rules and regulations; outlines certain requirements to which the local board of education shall adhere; makes related provisions.

2023-A8135 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8135
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education  law,  in  relation  to  permitting  local
   boards  of  education  to  enter  into  contracts with a drive-sharing
   network of persons for reimbursement of transportation expenses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature recognizes
 that  the  high  costs  associated  with purchasing zero-emission school
 buses and providing pupil transportation services are a concern for many
 school districts  and  parents.  In  New  York  state,  parents,  family
 members,  teachers  and neighbors of students have expressed interest in
 helping to transport students to and from  school  to  help  reduce  the
 costs  of  pupil  transportation services. However, currently only legal
 parents or guardians are permitted to transport children under a  parent
 contract,  which allows a school district to compensate the legal parent
 or guardian for transporting their own children.
   This act proposes to amend the education law to allow local boards  of
 education  to  expand  parent  contracts so schools can contract with an
 approved network of parents, family members, neighbors, and teachers for
 the purpose of providing pupil transportation. These  individuals  would
 be reimbursed based on either the approved mileage rate for staff or the
 IRS mileage rate, plus tolls, whichever is greater.
   §  2.  Subdivision 27 of section 1709 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 737 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   27. A. To contract  with  any  person,  corporation  or  other  school
 district for the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when
 authorized  to  do so under subdivision nineteen of section two thousand
 twenty-one of this chapter, by vote of the inhabitants of  the  district
 entitled  to  vote,  or  to  contract for the operation, maintenance and
 garaging of motor vehicles owned by the  district,  in  accordance  with
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13386-01-3

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