NY State Senate Bill 2025-S3786

Senate Bill S3786

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Includes remedial services, homework or childcare as the transportation responsibility of the city school district located in a city having a population of one million or more

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee

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Jan 30, 2025	referred to new york city education

2025-S3786 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate New York City Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3627, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: S7399

2025-S3786 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes remedial services, homework or childcare as the transportation responsibility of the city school district located in a city having a population of one million or more.

2025-S3786 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3786

SPONSOR: FELDER
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to including remedial
services, homework or childcare as the transportation responsibility of
the city school district located in a city having a population of one
million or more

 
PURPOSE:

To allow students who are receiving remedial services, childcare, or
working on homework to be included in New York City's After 4pm busing
program.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3627 of the education
law are amended to add remedial services, homework or childcare, to the
situations where NYCDOE is required to provide or reimburse for trans-
portation of children under certain circumstances.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Currently, the NYCDOE is required to reimburse for transportation of
students in grades K-6, who attend school from 9:30 AM (or earlier) for
regularly scheduled academic classes through 4:00 PM or later.  This
highly successful program has been a lifeline for parents across New
York City.

Unfortunately, there are students who attend a school where academic
classes end before 4pm, but the students still remain at the school to
receive remedial or tutoring help, childcare, or to do their homework.
Under the current law, these students are not allowed to get transporta-
tion from NYCDOE. This oversight has been challenging, especially in
cases when one sibling attends class until 4pm and can take the bus,
while another sibling who attends the same school and stays until after
4pm with a tutor, would not be able to take the bus. This legislation
would correct this oversight and help many hard-working parents.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2023-2024: S.7399 - Passed Senate in 2023

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect immediately.

2025-S3786 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3786
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FELDER -- 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  including  remedial
   services,  homework  or childcare as the transportation responsibility
   of the city school district located in a city having a  population  of
   one million or more
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 1 of section 3627  of
 the  education  law,  as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) providing transportation for those children attending  public  and
 nonpublic  schools  in grades kindergarten through six who remain at the
 same school for which they are enrolled for regularly scheduled academic
 classes OR FOR REMEDIAL SERVICES, HOMEWORK OR CHILDCARE  from  half-past
 nine  o'clock in the morning or earlier until four o'clock in the after-
 noon or later, on weekdays, and reside at  least  one  mile  from  their
 school of attendance for grades three through six, and at least one-half
 mile from their school of attendance for grades kindergarten through two
 or
   (b)  reimbursing the cost incurred by licensed transportation carriers
 pursuant to contracts with such school district for providing  transpor-
 tation  for  those  children  attending  public and nonpublic schools in
 grades kindergarten through six who remain at the same school for  which
 they  are enrolled for regularly scheduled academic classes OR FOR REME-
 DIAL SERVICES, HOMEWORK OR CHILDCARE from half-past nine o'clock in  the
 morning  or  earlier  until  four  o'clock in the afternoon or later, on
 weekdays, and reside at least one mile from their school  of  attendance
 for  grades  three  through  six,  and at least one-half mile from their
 school of attendance for grades kindergarten through two.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07850-01-5

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