Assembly Bill A2251

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to providing state aid for transportation of students to and from extracurricular activities

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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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2009-A2251 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3622-a, Ed L

2009-A2251 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that fifty percent of the cost of transportation of students to and from extracurricular activities shall be included in regular aidable transportation; provides that a school district shall only receive fifty percent of the cost of such transportation.

2009-A2251 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2251

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PARMENT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expenses for transpor-
  tation of students to and from extracurricular activities

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  6  and 7 of section 3622-a of the education
law, subdivision 6 as amended and subdivision 7 as added by chapter  422
of  the  laws  of  2004, are amended and a new subdivision 8 is added to
read as follows:
  6. Transportation  of  pupils  to  and  from  approved  summer  school
programs operated by a school district in the two thousand--two thousand
one school year and thereafter, provided, however, that any expenses for
which  aid  is  received  pursuant to subdivision thirty-nine of section
thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be excluded from the compu-
tation of allowable transportation expense, and provided further that if
the total statewide apportionment attributable to allowable  transporta-
tion expenses incurred pursuant to this subdivision exceeds five million
dollars  ($5,000,000),  individual  school district allocations shall be
prorated to ensure that the apportionment for such summer transportation
does not exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000),  provided  that  such
prorated  apportionment  computed and payable as of September one of the
school year immediately following the school year for which such aid  is
claimed shall be deemed final and not subject to change; [and]
  7.  Transportation  provided  pursuant  to  section thirty-six hundred
thirty-five-b of this article[.]; AND
  8. TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS TO AND FROM SCHOOL SPONSORED  EXTRACURRIC-
ULAR  ACTIVITIES,  PROVIDED  HOWEVER  THAT  A SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL ONLY
RECEIVE FIFTY PERCENT OF THE COST OF SUCH TRANSPORTATION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to  school
years beginning on and after July 1, 2010.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04727-01-9

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