Assembly Bill A6821

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Enacts the school bus mandate relief act

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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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2011-A6821 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L

2011-A6821 - Summary

Enacts the school bus mandate relief act authorizing school districts, in their discretion, to provide student transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership.

2011-A6821 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6821

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  enacting  the  school
  bus  mandate relief act authorizing school boards to reduce the number
  of seats provided for student transportation

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "school bus
mandate relief act".
  S  2.  Section  3635  of  the education law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION,
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY, AT  THE  DISCRETION  OF
THE  BOARD,  BASED  UPON  A  DOCUMENTED  HISTORY OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF
RIDERS IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING THREE YEARS SHOWING A CONSISTENT PATTERN
OF  ELIGIBLE  PUPILS  NOT  USING  THE  TRANSPORTATION  PROVIDED  BY  THE
DISTRICT, ENACT A POLICY TO PROVIDE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION WITH A CAPAC-
ITY  OF  NOT  LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY PERCENT OF THE MAXIMUM ACTUAL
NUMBER OF RIDERS DURING SUCH THREE YEAR PERIOD.
  B. THE DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF RIDERS  IN  EACH  OF
THE  PRECEDING  THREE  YEARS  OF  ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WHERE THE BOARD OF
EDUCATION HAS ENACTED THE POLICY  AUTHORIZED  BY  PARAGRAPH  A  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION EACH YEAR
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ENACTS A POLICY OF PROVIDING STUDENT  TRANSPORTATION
BASED ON PATTERNS OF THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF RIDERS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10608-01-1

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2011-A6821A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L

2011-A6821A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the school bus mandate relief act authorizing school districts, in their discretion, to provide student transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership.

2011-A6821A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 6821--A

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIMEL, GUNTHER, M. MILLER, REILLY, MURRAY,
  HAWLEY, SPANO, PAULIN, MAISEL, WEPRIN, WEISENBERG  --  Multi-Sponsored
  by  --  M.  of  A.   BURLING, CROUCH, KATZ, MAGEE, McDONOUGH, McENENY,
  McKEVITT, MILLMAN, MOLINARO, SALADINO, SMARDZ, THIELE -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Education -- committee  discharged,  bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  enacting  the  school
  bus mandate relief act

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

  Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "school bus
mandate relief act".
  S 2. Section 3635 of the education law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 8 to read as follows:
  8.    A  BOARD  OF  EDUCATION  MAY, AT ITS DISCRETION, PROVIDE STUDENT
TRANSPORTATION BASED UPON  PATTERNS  OF  ACTUAL  RIDERSHIP.  THE  ACTUAL
RIDERSHIP  SHALL  BE BASED UPON THE HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE THAT YIELDS A
CONSISTENT PATTERN OF ELIGIBLE PUPILS NOT USING DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION;
OR MODELING OF  FUTURE  RIDERSHIP;  OR  THE  SHARING  OF  TRANSPORTATION
REGIONALLY;  OR  OTHER  CRITERIA  DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT
ENSURES THAT ALL STUDENTS IN NEED OF TRANSPORTATION RECEIVE IT.  NOTHING
IN  THIS  SECTION  SHALL  REDUCE  OR  RELIEVE  SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION TO STUDENTS OTHERWISE  ELIGI-
BLE  AND  ACTUALLY  IN  NEED OF SUCH TRANSPORTATION. ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT
THAT, AT ITS DISCRETION, HAS ELECTED TO PROVIDE  STUDENT  TRANSPORTATION
BASED  UPON  PATTERNS  OF ACTUAL RIDERSHIP SHALL PLACE SUCH PLANS ON THE
SCHOOL DISTRICT'S WEBSITE ON OR BEFORE AUGUST FIFTEENTH  OF  THE  SCHOOL
YEAR IN WHICH THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL BE IMPLEMENTED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10608-03-1

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