Senate Bill S8980

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to education transportation contracts

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • 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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2023-S8980 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9650
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L

2023-S8980 - Summary

Relates to employment contracts between school bus workers and the department of education in a city with at least one million inhabitants.

2023-S8980 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8980 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8980
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  contracts  for  the
   transportation of school children
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the  educa-
 tion  law,  as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
 read as follows:
   a. (1) All contracts for the transportation of  school  children,  all
 contracts  to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school district
 that are used for the transportation of school children,  all  contracts
 for  mobile  instructional units, and all contracts to provide, maintain
 and operate cafeteria or restaurant service by a  private  food  service
 management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner,
 who  may disapprove a proposed contract if, in [his] SUCH COMMISSIONER'S
 opinion, the best interests of the district will  be  promoted  thereby.
 Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  e  of  this  subdivision,  all such
 contracts involving an annual expenditure in excess of the amount speci-
 fied for purchase contracts in the bidding requirements of  the  general
 municipal  law  shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, which
 responsibility shall be determined by the  board  of  education  or  the
 trustee  of  a district, with power hereby vested in the commissioner to
 reject any or all bids if, in [his]  SUCH  COMMISSIONER'S  opinion,  the
 best  interests  of the district will be promoted thereby and, upon such
 rejection of all bids, the commissioner shall order the board of  educa-
 tion  or  trustee  of  the  district  to  seek,  obtain and consider new
 proposals. All proposals for such  transportation,  maintenance,  mobile
 instructional  units,  or  cafeteria  and restaurant service shall be in
 such form as the commissioner may prescribe.    Advertisement  for  bids
 shall  be published in a newspaper or newspapers designated by the board
 of education or trustee of the district having general circulation with-
 in the district for such purpose. Such  advertisement  shall  contain  a
 statement of the time when and place where all bids received pursuant to
 such advertisement will be publicly opened and read either by the school
 authorities  or  by  a  person  or  persons designated by them. All bids
 received shall be publicly opened and read at  the  time  and  place  so
              

2023-S8980A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9650
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L

2023-S8980A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to employment contracts between school bus workers and the department of education in a city with at least one million inhabitants.

2023-S8980A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8980A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8980--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 4, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education --
   reported favorably from said committee and committed to the  Committee
   on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to contracts for the
   transportation of school children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a.  (1)  All  contracts for the transportation of school children, all
 contracts to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school  district
 that  are  used for the transportation of school children, all contracts
 for mobile instructional units, and all contracts to  provide,  maintain
 and  operate  cafeteria  or restaurant service by a private food service
 management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner,
 who may disapprove a proposed contract if, in [his] SUCH  COMMISSIONER'S
 opinion,  the  best  interests of the district will be promoted thereby.
 Except as  provided  in  paragraph  e  of  this  subdivision,  all  such
 contracts involving an annual expenditure in excess of the amount speci-
 fied  for  purchase contracts in the bidding requirements of the general
 municipal law shall be awarded to the lowest responsible  bidder,  which
 responsibility  shall  be  determined  by  the board of education or the
 trustee of a district, with power hereby vested in the  commissioner  to
 reject  any  or  all  bids if, in [his] SUCH COMMISSIONER'S opinion, the
 best interests of the district will be promoted thereby and,  upon  such
 rejection  of all bids, the commissioner shall order the board of educa-
 tion or trustee of  the  district  to  seek,  obtain  and  consider  new
 proposals.  All  proposals  for such transportation, maintenance, mobile
 instructional units, or cafeteria and restaurant  service  shall  be  in
 such  form  as  the commissioner may prescribe.   Advertisement for bids
 shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers designated by the  board
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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