Senate Bill S1993

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  1993

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  reimbursement  of
  certain transportation costs provided by parents of students

  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 9 to read as follows:
  9.  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY NOTWITHSTAND-
ING, THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN MAY ELECT TO  PROVIDE
TRANSPORTATION  OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED OR DIRECTED BY THIS CHAPTER, TO ONE
OR MORE OF SUCH CHILDREN IN THE CASE  WHERE  ONE  OR  MORE  CHILDREN  IN
GRADES  KINDERGARTEN  THROUGH SIXTH GRADE REMAIN AT SCHOOL FOR REGULARLY
SCHEDULED ACADEMIC CLASSES UNTIL  FIVE  O'CLOCK  IN  THE  AFTERNOON,  OR
LATER,  ON WEEKDAYS, AND RESIDE AT LEAST ONE-HALF MILE FROM THEIR SCHOOL
OF ATTENDANCE FOR GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWO, AND AT LEAST ONE MILE
FROM THEIR SCHOOL OF ATTENDANCE FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH SIX. IN SUCH  A
CASE,  THE COST OF THE PARENTS PROVISION OF SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE
CONSIDERED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER TO  BE  A  CHARGE  UPON  THE
DISTRICT  AND AN ORDINARY CONTINGENT EXPENSE OF THE DISTRICT, SO LONG AS
SUCH CHILD OR CHILDREN SHALL BE OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PROVISION  OF
TRANSPORTATION  PURSUANT  TO THIS SECTION, AND THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OR
ANY REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED BY SUCH  PARENT  OR  GUARDIAN  SHALL  HAVE
NOTIFIED  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WRITING IN THE SAME MANNER AND UPON THE
SAME DATES AS ARE REQUIRED FOR A REQUEST FOR TRANSPORTATION PURSUANT  TO
SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF THIS SECTION, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS SUBDIVI-
SION SHALL ONLY APPLY TO THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW
YORK,  AND FURTHER PROVIDED THAT TRANSPORTATION FOR A LESSER DISTANCE OR
AN EARLIER TIME THAN SPECIFIED IN THIS SUBDIVISION MAY  BE  PROVIDED  BY
SUCH  DISTRICT,  AND, IF PROVIDED, SHALL BE OFFERED EQUALLY TO ALL CHIL-
DREN IN LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES RESIDING IN THE DISTRICT. IF THE REQUIREMENTS

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04571-01-5
              

S. 1993                             2

OF THIS SUBDIVISION HAVE BEEN MET, THE CHANCELLOR OF  SUCH  CITY  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  SHALL PRESCRIBE A SYSTEM UNDER WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL
REIMBURSE THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF SUCH CHILDREN IN AN  AMOUNT  NOT  TO
EXCEED  THE  AMOUNT  IT WOULD OTHERWISE EXPEND TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES FOR THE EQUIVALENT  CHILD  OR  NUMBER  OF  CHILDREN,  AND  SUCH
EXPENSES  SHALL  BE  DEEMED AN ACTUAL EXPENDITURE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
AND SUCH DISTRICT SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN APPORTIONMENT FOR PUPIL TRANS-
PORTATION STATE AID PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER FOR SUCH CHILD OR  CHILDREN
IN  THE  SAME  MANNER  AND AT THE SAME RATE AS IF SUCH CHILD OR CHILDREN
RECEIVED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.