Senate Bill S8585A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes school districts to use school transportation aid to pay for the cost and expenses of transporting and delivering meals, homework materials and any other school materials to students during COVID-19

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

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

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2019-S8585 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10757
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3622-a & 3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1178, A3727

2019-S8585 - Summary

Authorizes school districts to use school transportation aid to pay for the cost and expenses of transporting and delivering meals, homework materials and any other school materials to students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-S8585 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8585 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8585
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing school districts to use school  trans-
   portation  aid  to  pay  for the cost and expenses of transporting and
   delivering meals, homework materials and any other school materials to
   students during the COVID-19 pandemic

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, as a result
 of  the state of emergency declared as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
 that was executed in Executive Order No. 202 on March 7, 2020,  and  for
 the  period  beginning March 7, 2020 and ending July 1, 2020, any school
 district in this state that received school aid for the 2019-2020 school
 year for transportation expenses pursuant to part 2  of  article  73  of
 title  5  of the education law or any other provision of law, is author-
 ized to use any portion of such school aid for  transportation  expenses
 to  pay  for the cost and expenses of transporting and delivering meals,
 homework materials and any other school  materials  to  students  during
 such period of time.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16721-01-0

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2019-S8585A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10757
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§3622-a & 3623-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S1178, A3727

2019-S8585A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes school districts to use school transportation aid to pay for the cost and expenses of transporting and delivering meals, homework materials and any other school materials to students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-S8585A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8585A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8585--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 16, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be  committed  to  the  Committee  on  Rules  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the education law, in relation to authorizing school
   districts to use school transportation aid to pay  for  the  cost  and
   expenses  of transporting and delivering meals, homework materials and
   any other school materials to students during the COVID-19 pandemic
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Section 3622-a of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  THE
 TRANSPORTATION  OF MEALS,  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND ANY OTHER  SCHOOL-
 RELATED  MATERIALS FOR THE PERIOD THAT BEGAN WITH THE DECLARATION OF THE
 STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AS A RESULT OF THE  COVID-19  PANDEMIC  THAT
 WAS  EXECUTED  IN  EXECUTIVE  ORDER  TWO HUNDRED TWO THAT BEGAN ON MARCH
 SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   § 2. Paragraph e of subdivision 1 of section 3623-a of  the  education
 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 12 to read as follows:
   (12)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, THE
 TRANSPORTATION  OF MEALS,  EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, AND ANY OTHER  SCHOOL-
 RELATED MATERIALS FOR THE PERIOD THAT BEGAN WITH THE DECLARATION OF  THE
 STATE  OF  EMERGENCY  DECLARED AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC THAT
 WAS EXECUTED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER TWO HUNDRED  TWO  THAT  BEGAN  ON  MARCH
 SEVENTH, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16721-02-0

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