Senate Bill S1495

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to universal pre-K school bus transportation

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education 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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2025-S1495 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5355
2019-2020: S4409
2021-2022: S1971
2023-2024: S5497

2025-S1495 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to universal pre-K school bus transportation.

2025-S1495 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1495 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1495
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. FAHY, SKOUFIS -- 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 universal pre-kinder-
   garten school bus transportation
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
 tion law, as added by chapter 244 of the laws of  2012,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   g.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, the
 trustees or board of education  of  any  school  district  may,  in  its
 discretion,  provide  transportation  for students attending a universal
 pre-kindergarten program in addition to transportation  funded  by  such
 program  or transportation for students attending another district spon-
 sored or district-run pre-kindergarten program,  within  mileage  limits
 established  by  the  school  district;  if provided such transportation
 shall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances  residing
 in  the  district.  The cost of providing such transportation shall be a
 charge upon the district [and]; PROVIDED THAT for purposes  of  subdivi-
 sion  seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this [chapter] ARTICLE,
 such pupils shall be considered [non] allowable pupils and the costs  of
 their transportation shall [not] be aidable.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
 2027--2028 school year and all school years commencing thereafter.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03510-01-5

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