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Senate Bill S4751

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Permits school boards of education in certain school districts to enact a policy to provide student transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership

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2011-S4751 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
S1597

2011-S4751 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows certain school districts to provide home-to-school transportation based upon patterns of actual ridership without regard to the number of students eligible for transportation and the number of seats otherwise required by law.

2011-S4751 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4751 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4751

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to student transportation

  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 OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION,  IN
SCHOOL  DISTRICTS  HAVING  AN AREA OF FORTY SQUARE MILES OR LESS, IF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION DETERMINES, BASED UPON HISTORY AND  EXPERIENCE,  THAT
THERE IS A CONSISTENT PATTERN OF ELIGIBLE PUPILS NOT USING THE TRANSPOR-
TATION PROVIDED BY THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD, IN ITS DISCRETION, MAY ENACT
A POLICY TO PROVIDE STUDENT TRANSPORTATION BASED UPON PATTERNS OF ACTUAL
RIDERSHIP WITHOUT REGARD TO:
  A. THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION; AND
  B. THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED FOR THEM UNDER
PARAGRAPH A OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01522-01-1

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