Senate Bill S4271

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Directs the department of education of the city of New York to provide school bus service for students in grades K - 5, who live one-half mile or more away from school

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  • 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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2015-S4271 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6121
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd §19-606, NYC Ad Cd

2015-S4271 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the department of education of the city of New York to provide school bus service for students in grades K - 5, who live one-half mile or more away from school.

2015-S4271 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S4271 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4271

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  requiring the department of education of the city of New
  York to provide school bus service to students in grades  kindergarten
  through five who reside one-half mile or more from school

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision b of section 19-606 of the administrative  code
of  the city of New York, as added by local law number 48 of the city of
New York for the year 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  b. 1. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PROVIDE SCHOOL BUS SERVICE  TO
ALL  GENERAL  EDUCATION STUDENTS WHO LIVE ONE-HALF MILE OR MORE FROM THE
SCHOOL THEY ATTEND AND WHO ARE ENROLLED IN  A  GRADE  FROM  KINDERGARTEN
THROUGH FIVE, INCLUSIVE.
  2.  The [board] DEPARTMENT of education shall prepare and, when neces-
sary, revise two school bus service plans annually to  ensure  that  all
students  eligible to receive school bus service to and from the schools
they legally attend shall be provided with a seat on a school  bus.  One
plan  shall  relate  to  school  bus  service  to be provided during the
session of the school year beginning in September and ending in June and
one plan shall relate to school bus service  to  be  provided  during  a
summer  school  session.  Each plan shall be prepared prior to the first
day of the session of the school year to  which  it  relates  and  shall
include  the following information: (i) the criteria used by the [board]
DEPARTMENT of education to determine whether a student  is  eligible  to
receive  school bus service; (ii) for each school, a summary description
of the school bus routes servicing the school; (iii) for each school bus
route, the number of students eligible to ride on the school bus operat-
ing on the route and the maximum seating capacity of  such  school  bus;
and (iv) any other information the [board] DEPARTMENT of education deems
relevant.  Upon  completion of the plans, they shall be submitted to the
mayor and the speaker of the city council.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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