Senate Bill S6208

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to contracts for the transportation of school children

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S6208 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7749
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§305 & 3623-a, Ed L

2019-S6208 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires contracts for the transportation of school children in a city of at least one million inhabitants to contain provisions for the retention or preference in hiring of school bus workers.

2019-S6208 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6208 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6208
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. JACKSON, LIU -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City  Educa-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to contracts for the
   transportation of school children
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   a.  (1)  All  contracts for the transportation of school children, all
 contracts to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school  district
 that  are  used for the transportation of school children, all contracts
 for mobile instructional units, and all contracts to  provide,  maintain
 and  operate  cafeteria  or restaurant service by a private food service
 management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner,
 who may disapprove a proposed contract if,  in  his  opinion,  the  best
 interests  of  the district will be promoted thereby. Except as provided
 in paragraph e of this subdivision,  all  such  contracts  involving  an
 annual  expenditure  in  excess  of  the  amount  specified for purchase
 contracts in the bidding requirements of the general municipal law shall
 be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, which responsibility  shall
 be  determined  by  the board of education or the trustee of a district,
 with power hereby vested in the commissioner to reject any or  all  bids
 if,  in his opinion, the best interests of the district will be promoted
 thereby and, upon such rejection of all  bids,  the  commissioner  shall
 order  the board of education or trustee of the district to seek, obtain
 and consider new proposals. All proposals for such transportation, main-
 tenance, mobile instructional units, or cafeteria and restaurant service
 shall be in such form as the commissioner may prescribe.   Advertisement
 for  bids  shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers designated by

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

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