Assembly Bill A3891

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires every school bus transporting grade K-6 students to or from school or school activities to have an attendant on board to keep order and assist children

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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-A3891 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1229-d, V & T L

2009-A3891 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires every school bus operating in this state which is transporting grade K-6 students to or from school or to or from school related activities to have an attendant on board; school board attendant shall keep order on the bus and assist any child under the age of 13, or any handicapped student, with boarding and leaving the bus and by crossing the street with the child where necessary.

2009-A3891 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3891

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Transportation

AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring a
  school bus attendant on all school buses

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 1229-d of the vehicle and traffic
law, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read  as
follows:
  (1)  (A) EVERY SCHOOL BUS OPERATING IN THIS STATE, WHICH IS TRANSPORT-
ING STUDENTS IN GRADES K-6 TO OR FROM SCHOOL OR TO OR  FROM  ANY  SCHOOL
RELATED ACTIVITY, SHALL HAVE A SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT ON BOARD.
  (B)  THE SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL, IN ADDI-
TION TO KEEPING ORDER ON THE BUS, ASSIST ANY  CHILD  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF
THIRTEEN,  OR  ANY HANDICAPPED STUDENT WITH BOARDING AND LEAVING THE BUS
AND BY CROSSING THE STREET WITH THE CHILD WHERE NECESSARY.
  (C) "School bus attendant" shall mean a person employed or  authorized
by a school district to ride on a school bus as defined in paragraph (a)
of  subdivision  one  of section five hundred nine-a of this chapter for
the purpose of maintaining order [or] AND rendering assistance to pupils
[with special needs].
  S 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2009.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05918-01-9

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