S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7101
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 8, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enabling high school
students to use public transportation to ride to and from school at no
charge
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 a-1 to read as follows:
A-1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, ALL HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS ATTENDING A PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE
USE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT CHARGE FOR NO MORE THAN ONE DAILY
ROUND-TRIP RIDE ON ANY SCHOOL DAY FROM THEIR RESIDENCES TO THE SCHOOLS
WHICH THEY ATTEND AND FROM SUCH SCHOOLS TO THEIR RESIDENCES. EACH SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL PROVIDE A SUITABLE IDENTIFICATION CARD TO EACH OF ITS
STUDENTS IN ORDER FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM UTILIZED TO BE
ABLE TO DETERMINE EACH STUDENT'S ENTITLEMENT TO THIS BENEFIT.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09421-01-9