BILL NUMBER:A10508
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the education law, in relation to including school bus
attendants among services considered by committees on special education
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would require a school district's committee on special educa-
tion and multidisciplinary team to consider the provision of a bus
attendant for all eligible students whose management needs require addi-
tional adult supervision and support while being transported by a school
bus to, from, and between schools.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section one amends Section 3635 of the education law by adding a new
subdivision 8 which provides that a school district's committee on
special education and multidisciplinary team must consider the provision
of a school bus attendant for all eligible students whose management
needs require additional adult supervision and support while being
transported by a school bus to, from, and between schools. The committee
on special education and multidisciplinary team must also indicate on
the student's individualized education program or accommodation plan if
the bus attendant must be provided on an individualized basis or whether
the services of the attendant could be provided to the student with
other students who require a bus attendant.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10508
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 2, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, WEISENBERG -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. MAYERSOHN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to including school bus
attendants among services considered by committees on special educa-
tion
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 8 to read as follows:
8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A SCHOOL DISTRICT'S
COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM PURSUANT TO
SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THE REHABILITATION ACT OF NINETEEN HUNDRED
SEVENTY-THREE MUST CONSIDER THE PROVISION OF A BUS ATTENDANT, AS DEFINED
BY SECTION TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-D OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW,
FOR ALL ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WHOSE MANAGEMENT NEEDS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL
ADULT SUPERVISION AND SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM TRANSPORTATION TO
AND FROM SCHOOLS AND BETWEEN SCHOOLS. THE COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION
AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MUST INDICATE ON THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION
PROGRAM OR SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR ACCOMMODATION PLAN IF THE BUS
ATTENDANT MUST BE PROVIDED ON AN INDIVIDUALIZED BASIS OR WHETHER THE
SERVICES OF THE ATTENDANT COULD BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT WITH OTHER
STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE A BUS ATTENDANT.
S 2. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 4402 of
the education law is amended by adding a new clause (m) to read as
follows:
(M) CONSIDER THE PROVISION OF A BUS ATTENDANT, AS DEFINED BY SECTION
TWELVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE-D OF THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW, FOR ALL
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WHOSE MANAGEMENT NEEDS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ADULT SUPER-
VISION AND SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BENEFIT FROM TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM
SCHOOLS AND BETWEEN SCHOOLS. THE COMMITTEE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION AND
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM MUST INDICATE ON THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION
PROGRAM OR SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR ACCOMMODATION PLAN IF THE BUS
ATTENDANT MUST BE PROVIDED ON AN INDIVIDUALIZED BASIS OR WHETHER THE
SERVICES OF THE ATTENDANT COULD BE PROVIDED TO THE STUDENT WITH OTHER
STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE A BUS ATTENDANT.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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