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Senate Bill S7681

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Allows the Massapequa board of education to provide certain children transportation to school for a lesser distance than two miles

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2013-S7681 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9527
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง3635, Ed L

2013-S7681 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the Massapequa board of education to provide certain children transportation to school for a lesser distance than two miles.

2013-S7681 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7681 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7681

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 28, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- 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 authorizing the Massa-
  pequa board of  education to provide certain  children  transportation
  to school

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

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 3635  of  the  education  law  is
amended by adding a new paragraph h to read as follows:
  H.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH A OF THIS SUBDIVISION,
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE MASSAPEQUA  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  SHALL,  UPON
WRITTEN  PETITION  OF A PARENT OR OTHER PERSON IN PARENTAL RELATION OF A
CHILD RESIDING WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT OR OF ANY REPRESENTATIVE  AUTHORIZED
BY  SUCH  PARENT  OR  OTHER  PERSON  IN  PARENTAL  RELATION,  SIGNED  BY
TWENTY-FIVE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT  OR  FIVE  PERCENT  OF  THE
NUMBER  OF  VOTERS  WHO  VOTED  IN  THE  PREVIOUS ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, MAKE AN  INVES-
TIGATION  TO DETERMINE WHETHER CHILDREN RESIDING WITHIN THE TWO OR THREE
MILE DESIGNATED AREA PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH A OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  MAY
FOR  SAFETY REASONS USE AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED PICK UP/DROP OFF LOCATION
OUTSIDE OF SUCH TWO OR THREE MILE DESIGNATED AREA OR, AT THE  DISCRETION
OF  THE  MASSAPEQUA  SCHOOL  DISTRICT, MAY CREATE A NEW PICK UP/DROP-OFF
SITE ALONG AN ESTABLISHED ROUTE.  PETITIONS SHALL SPECIFY THE GEOGRAPHIC
BOUNDARIES DETAILING POTENTIAL HAZARDS TO CHILD SAFETY. PETITIONS AND/OR
ADDITIONAL WRITTEN  REQUESTS  FROM  INDIVIDUAL  PARENTS  OR  PERSONS  IN
PARENTAL  RELATION  REQUESTING  TRANSPORTATION MAY BE SUBMITTED PROVIDED
THAT SUCH PETITIONS AND/OR REQUESTS SHALL NOT BE  SUBMITTED  LATER  THAN
THE  FIRST  DAY OF MARCH PRECEDING THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH TRANSPORTA-
TION IS REQUESTED. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL MAKE  ITS  DETERMINATION
BEFORE  SUCH  BOARD  PRESENTS  THE  BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR WHICH
TRANSPORTATION IS REQUESTED.   THE PARENT OR OTHER  PERSON  IN  PARENTAL
RELATION  OF  A  CHILD NOT RESIDING IN SUCH DISTRICT ON THE FIRST DAY OF
MARCH MAY SUBMIT A REQUEST WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER  ESTABLISHING  RESI-
DENCE  IN THE MASSAPEQUA SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT IN NO EVENT LATER THAN THE

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

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