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Assembly Bill A10397A

Signed By Governor

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts to provide busing to pre-kindergarten students

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2011-A10397 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7218
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L

2011-A10397 - Summary

Authorizes school districts to provide bussing to pre-kindergarten students.

2011-A10397 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10397

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the trans-
  portation of pre-kindergarten students

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

  Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 97 of  the  laws
of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  a.  Sufficient  transportation facilities (including the operation and
maintenance of motor vehicles) shall be provided by the school  district
for all the children residing within the school district to and from the
school  they  legally  attend,  who  are  in need of such transportation
because of the remoteness  of  the  school  to  the  child  or  for  the
promotion  of  the  best interest of such children.  Such transportation
shall be provided for all children attending grades [kindergarten]  PRE-
KINDERGARTEN  through eight who live more than two miles from the school
which they legally attend and for all  children  attending  grades  nine
through twelve who live more than three miles from the school which they
legally  attend  and  shall  be  provided  for  each  such child up to a
distance of fifteen miles, the distances in each case being measured  by
the  nearest  available route from home to school. The cost of providing
such transportation between two or three miles, as the case may be,  and
fifteen miles shall be considered for the purposes of this chapter to be
a  charge  upon  the  district and an ordinary contingent expense of the
district. Transportation for a lesser distance than  two  miles  in  the
case   of  children  attending  grades  [kindergarten]  PRE-KINDERGARTEN
through eight or three miles in the case of  children  attending  grades
nine through twelve and for a greater distance than fifteen miles may be
provided by the district with the approval of the qualified voters, and,
if  provided,  shall  be offered equally to all children in like circum-
stances residing in the district; provided, however, that this  require-
ment shall not apply to transportation offered pursuant to section thir-
ty-six  hundred  thirty-five-b  of  this  article.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS

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

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2011-A10397A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7218
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L

2011-A10397A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts to provide bussing to pre-kindergarten students.

2011-A10397A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                10397--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on  Education  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the trans-
  portation of pre-kindergarten students

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 3635  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
  G.    NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
TRUSTEES OR BOARD OF EDUCATION  OF  ANY  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  MAY,  IN  ITS
DISCRETION,  PROVIDE  TRANSPORTATION  FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING A UNIVERSAL
PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM IN ADDITION TO TRANSPORTATION  FUNDED  BY  SUCH
PROGRAM  OR TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS ATTENDING ANOTHER DISTRICT SPON-
SORED OR DISTRICT-RUN PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM,  WITHIN  MILEAGE  LIMITS
ESTABLISHED  BY  THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT;  IF PROVIDED SUCH TRANSPORTATION
SHALL BE OFFERED EQUALLY TO ALL CHILDREN IN LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES  RESIDING
IN  THE  DISTRICT.  THE COST OF PROVIDING SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE A
CHARGE UPON THE DISTRICT  AND  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF
SECTION  THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER, SUCH PUPILS SHALL BE
CONSIDERED NON ALLOWABLE PUPILS AND THE COSTS  OF  THEIR  TRANSPORTATION
SHALL NOT BE AIDABLE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14317-04-2

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