| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2018 |
print number 5355a |
| Jan 24, 2018 |
amend and recommit to education |
| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to education |
| Mar 22, 2017 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S5355A
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S5355 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1762
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3635, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
A8482
2015-2016: A1103
2019-2020: S4409, A5467
2021-2022: S1971, A2660
2023-2024: S5497, A3185
2025-2026: S1495
2017-S5355 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5355
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to
universal pre-kindergarten school bus transportation
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS :
Section 1. Amends Section 3635 of the Education Law to state that
costs for pupil transportation for the purposes of Universal
Pre-Kindergarten and District-sponsored Pre-Kindergarten are aidable.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to
the 2018-2019 school year and all years thereafter.
JUSTIFICATION :
The State currently allows school districts to offer pupil
transportation for Universal Pre-Kindergarten programs, but the
legislation that authorized this simultaneously prohibited
transportation aid reimbursement for these services. While some have
suggested that this can be achieved at no cost to the school district
by route sharing, most programs end at noon whereas the regular school
bus routes do not resume until the end of the "normal" school day.
Current law has the unintentional consequence of creating an unfunded
mandate on school districts, who must pay for additional routes
2017-S5355 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5355
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 22, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- 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 universal pre-kinder-
garten school bus transportation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
tion law, as added by chapter 244 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
read as follows:
g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
trustees or board of education of any school district may, in its
discretion, provide transportation for students attending a universal
pre-kindergarten program in addition to transportation funded by such
program or transportation for students attending another district spon-
sored or district-run pre-kindergarten program, within mileage limits
established by the school district; if provided such transportation
shall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances residing
in the district. The cost of providing such transportation shall be a
charge upon the district [and]; PROVIDED THAT for purposes of subdivi-
sion seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this [chapter] ARTICLE,
such pupils shall be considered [non] allowable pupils and the costs of
their transportation shall [not] be aidable.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
2018--2019 school year and all school years commencing thereafter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10770-01-7
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(R, C) 60th Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
2017-S5355A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A1762
- Current Committee:
- Senate Education
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3635, Ed L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
-
2013-2014:
A8482
2015-2016: A1103
2019-2020: S4409, A5467
2021-2022: S1971, A2660
2023-2024: S5497, A3185
2025-2026: S1495
2017-S5355A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5355A
SPONSOR: MARCHIONE
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
universal pre-kindergarten school bus transportation
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Amends Section 3635 of the Education Law to state that costs
for pupil transportation for the purposes of Universal Pre-Kindergarten
and District-sponsored Pre-Kindergarten are aidable.
Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
2019-2020 school year and all years thereafter.
JUSTIFICATION:
The State currently allows school districts to offer pupil transporta-
tion for Universal Pre-Kindergarten programs, but the legislation that
authorized this simultaneously prohibited transportation aid reimburse-
ment for these services. While some have suggested that this can be
2017-S5355A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
5355--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
March 22, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sens. MARCHIONE, AMEDORE, BONACIC, GALLIVAN, RANZENHOFER,
RITCHIE, SEWARD, VALESKY -- 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
-- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to universal pre-kinder-
garten school bus transportation
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
tion law, as added by chapter 244 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
read as follows:
g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
trustees or board of education of any school district may, in its
discretion, provide transportation for students attending a universal
pre-kindergarten program in addition to transportation funded by such
program or transportation for students attending another district spon-
sored or district-run pre-kindergarten program, within mileage limits
established by the school district; if provided such transportation
shall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances residing
in the district. The cost of providing such transportation shall be a
charge upon the district [and]; PROVIDED THAT for purposes of subdivi-
sion seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this [chapter] ARTICLE,
such pupils shall be considered [non] allowable pupils and the costs of
their transportation shall [not] be aidable.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
2019--2020 school year and all school years commencing thereafter.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10770-02-8
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