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Assembly Bill A8580

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to unoccupied school bus seats in New York city

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2011-A8580 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5897
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง19-606, NYC Ad Cd

2011-A8580 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to unoccupied school bus seats in New York city and requires the NYC department of education to develop a system to fill such unoccupied seats with otherwise ineligible students for school bus service.

2011-A8580 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8580

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                           September 21, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK, TITONE, MALLIOTAKIS, TOBACCO -- read once
  and referred to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to school bus service

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

  Section  1. Subdivision a of section 19-606 of the administrative code
of the city of New York, as added by local law number 48 of the city  of
New  York  for  the  year  2000, is amended and a new subdivision f-1 is
added to read as follows:
  a. Except as provided in subdivisions d, e [and], f AND  F-1  of  this
section,  no  student shall be allowed to board a school bus operated by
or pursuant to a contract with the board of education unless a  seat  is
available for the student.
  F-1. UPON COMPLETION OF THE SCHOOL BUS SERVICE PLANS PREPARED PURSUANT
TO  SUBDIVISION  A  OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE PRINCIPAL OF EACH INDIVIDUAL
SCHOOL SHALL CANVASS ALL BUSES  FOR  UNOCCUPIED  SEATS.  ANY  UNOCCUPIED
SEATS  SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS DETERMINED INELIGIBLE FOR
SCHOOL BUS SERVICE.  THE NEW YORK CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION  SHALL
IMPLEMENT  A  SELECTION  SYSTEM  BY  REGULATION  AND  NO ADDITIONAL DROP
OFF/PICK UP STOPS SHALL BE MADE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13446-01-1

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