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Assembly Bill A8245

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring a school bus attendant on all school buses

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2019-A8245 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3871
2023-2024: A7262
2025-2026: A3566

2019-A8245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a school bus attendant on all school buses transporting students in kindergarten through sixth grade to or from school or from any school related activity.

2019-A8245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8245
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 10, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Transportation
 
 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring  a
   school bus attendant on all school buses
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1229-d of the vehicle and  traffic
 law,  as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (1) (A) EVERY SCHOOL BUS OPERATING IN THIS STATE, WHICH IS  TRANSPORT-
 ING STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE TO OR FROM SCHOOL OR TO
 OR  FROM  ANY SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITY, SHALL HAVE A SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT
 ON BOARD.
   (B) THE SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL, IN  ADDI-
 TION  TO  KEEPING  ORDER  ON  THE BUS, ASSIST ANY CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF
 THIRTEEN, OR ANY STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY WITH BOARDING AND LEAVING THE
 BUS AND BY CROSSING THE STREET WITH THE CHILD WHERE NECESSARY.
   (C) "School bus attendant" shall mean a person employed or  authorized
 by a school district to ride on a school bus as defined in paragraph (a)
 of  subdivision  one  of section five hundred nine-a of this chapter for
 the purpose of  maintaining  order  [or]  AND  rendering  assistance  to
 [pupils with special needs] STUDENTS, INCLUDING ANY STUDENT WITH A DISA-
 BILITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11192-01-9

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