Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 17, 2012 |
tabled vetoed memo.147 |
Aug 06, 2012 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2012 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.513 substituted for s595a |
Jun 21, 2012 |
substituted by a9267a |
Jun 13, 2012 |
amended on third reading (t) 595a |
Apr 25, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Apr 19, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Apr 18, 2012 |
1st report cal.513 |
Mar 06, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to education returned to senate died in assembly |
Jun 14, 2011 |
referred to education delivered to assembly passed senate |
May 04, 2011 |
advanced to third reading |
May 03, 2011 |
2nd report cal. |
May 02, 2011 |
1st report cal.411 |
Mar 08, 2011 |
reported and committed to finance |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S595
Vetoed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9267 - Vetoed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
2011-S595 - Details
2011-S595 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S595 REVISED 04/20/12 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to permitting boards of education to grant parents or guardians, physically limited by a disability, the ability to obtain bus services for their children PURPOSE: To allow parents or guardians, who are physically limited by a disability, the ability to obtain bus services for their children under the currently prescribed minimum limits applicable to school districts in New York State. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of this legislation would amend section 3635(a) of the Education Law to add subdivision (i) and (ii). Subdivision (i) of the education law would permit the transportation of children by a school district, when the child lives at a distance which is less than the distance at which transportation must be provided. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of education determining that the parent or guardian of a child has a physically limiting disability and that transportation would be in the best interest of the child.
2011-S595 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 595 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, GOLDEN, HANNON, LARKIN -- 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 permitting boards of education to grant parents or guardians, physically limited by a disa- bility, the ability to obtain bus services for their children 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 chapter 69 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows: a. (I) 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 transporta- tion 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 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. Transporta- tion for a lesser distance than two miles in the case of children attending grades kindergarten through eight or three miles in the case of children attending grades nine through twelve and for a greater EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
co-Sponsors
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) Senate District
2011-S595A (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S595A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S595A TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the transportation of children residing in a school district PURPOSE: To allow parents or guardians, who are physically limited by a disability, the ability to obtain bus services for their children under the currently prescribed minimum limits applicable to school districts in New York State. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. of this legislation would amend section 3635 of the education law to permit the transportation of a child by a school district when the child lives at a distance which is less than the distance that transportation must be provided. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the board of education or trustees of any school district, transportation may be offered on an equitable basis to children who have a parent/legal guardian with a physically limiting impairment which prohibits the parent/legal guardian from accompanying their child to or from school as certified by their physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner.
2011-S595A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 595--A Cal. No. 513 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sens. FUSCHILLO, AVELLA, GOLDEN, HANNON, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favor- ably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the transportation of children residing in a school district 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 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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