Senate Bill S7813

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Improves the transportation of children with special needs

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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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2023-S7813 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3328
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L

2023-S7813 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Improves the transportation of children with special needs to and from school; provides that bussing time shall not exceed one and one-half hours; provides a special needs liaison to work with each family with a child with special needs; makes related provisions.

2023-S7813 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7813 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7813
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK  --  read  twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to improving  the  trans-
   portation of children with special needs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3635 of the education law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION,
 WHERE A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LEGALLY ATTENDS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUCH
 CHILD SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL.
   B. EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SHALL  HAVE  A
 CHILDREN  WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LIAISON WHO SHALL WORK WITH EACH CHILD WITH
 SPECIAL NEEDS AND THE CHILD'S FAMILY TO ENSURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION ARE MET.
   C.  SUCH  TRANSPORTATION  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  ONE  AND ONE-HALF HOURS,
 INCLUDING FLEXIBLE WAIT TIMES AT HOMES TO ACCOUNT FOR SUCH CHILDREN WITH
 SPECIAL NEEDS POTENTIALLY REQUIRING MORE TIME  TO  GET  ON  AND  OFF  OF
 TRANSPORTATION.  IF  THE  TRANSPORTATION CANNOT BE COMPLETED WITHIN THIS
 TIMEFRAME, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL EITHER: (I) REDUCE THE  TRANSPORTA-
 TION  TIME  BY  ADDING  MORE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE DISTRICT; OR (II)
 REIMBURSE, IN FULL, THE CARETAKER OF THE CHILD FOR ANY AND ALL TRANSPOR-
 TATION EXPENSES FOR THE SAFE AND TIMELY TRANSPORTATION OF THE  CHILD  TO
 AND  FROM THE SCHOOL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FUEL COSTS, MILEAGE,
 TOLLS, AND FARES.
   D. SUCH TRANSPORTATION USED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TRANSPORT  CHIL-
 DREN  WITH  SPECIAL NEEDS SHALL INCLUDE CAMERAS AND BUS TRACKING SYSTEMS
 SO THE CHILD AND THE CHILD'S FAMILY CAN KNOW WHEN THE BUS WILL ARRIVE AT
 THE HOME.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03584-02-3
 S. 7813                             2

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