Assembly Bill A8945

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Expands the authority of school boards and trustees of school districts to provide pupil transportation in child safety zones

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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-A8945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3521
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635-b, Ed L

2011-A8945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the authority of school boards and trustees of school districts to provide pupil transportation in child safety zones.

2011-A8945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8945

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 4, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WEPRIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to expanding the authori-
  ty  of school boards and trustees of school districts to provide pupil
  transportation in child safety zones

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

  Section  1.    Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 3635-b of the education
law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 536 of the  laws  of  2002  and
subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 1992, are amended
to read as follows:
  1.  This  section shall apply where the board of education or trustees
of a common, central, central high school, union free  school  district,
or city school district of a city with less than one hundred twenty-five
thousand  inhabitants  OR  MORE  THAN  ONE  MILLION INHABITANTS adopts a
resolution to make transportation in child  safety  zones  available  to
resident  pupils  for  a  particular  school year. Such resolution shall
continue in effect for subsequent school years until the board adopts  a
resolution providing otherwise.
  3.  The commissioner of transportation shall establish regulations for
determination of a hazardous zone including, but not  limited  to,  such
factors  as  the existence or nonexistence of sidewalks or walkways, the
type of road surface, width of road, footpath or  sidewalk,  the  volume
and  average  speed  of  traffic, density of population, the commercial,
industrial or residential character of the area [and], the existence  or
nonexistence  of  traffic safety features such as traffic lights, street
lights and traffic patrols AND THE LACK OF AVAILABLE PUBLIC  TRANSPORTA-
TION.  In preparing such regulations, the commissioner of transportation
shall consult with the commissioners of education and motor vehicles and
representatives from the state police who have traffic safety  responsi-
bilities.  Such  regulations  shall  be  used  by boards of education in
determining whether a hazardous zone exists.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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