Senate Bill S4976

                            
 
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                                   4976
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 22, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  requiring  certain
   public  and  nonpublic schools to provide transportation or reimburse-
   ment for transportation for  certain  students  residing  in  an  area
   containing at least three hundred students within a one-mile radius
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision  1  of  section  3627  of  the
 education  law,  as  amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) reimbursing the cost incurred by licensed transportation  carriers
 pursuant  to contracts with such school district for providing transpor-
 tation for those children attending  public  and  nonpublic  schools  in
 grades  kindergarten through six who remain at the same school for which
 they are enrolled for regularly scheduled academic  classes  from  half-
 past  nine  o'clock  in the morning or earlier until four o'clock in the
 afternoon or later, on weekdays, and reside at least one mile from their
 school of attendance for grades three through six, and at least one-half
 mile from their school of attendance for grades kindergarten through two
 AND
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING SECTION THIRTY-SIX  HUNDRED  THIRTY-FIVE  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE OR ANY OTHER LAW, RULE, OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, PROVIDING
 TRANSPORTATION  OF UP TO FIFTEEN MILES OR REIMBURSING THE COSTS INCURRED
 BY LICENSED TRANSPORTATION  CARRIERS  PURSUANT  TO  CONTRACTS  WITH  THE
 SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR PROVIDING SUCH TRANSPORTATION, REGARDLESS OF BOROUGH
 OR  COUNTY  LINES,  FOR  THOSE  CHILDREN  ATTENDING PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC
 SCHOOLS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIX WHO REMAIN AT THE SAME SCHOOL
 FOR WHICH THEY ARE ENROLLED FOR  REGULARLY  SCHEDULED  ACADEMIC  CLASSES
 FROM HALF-PAST NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR EARLIER UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK
 IN THE AFTERNOON OR LATER, ON WEEKDAYS, AND RESIDE IN AN AREA CONTAINING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01933-01-1

 S. 4976                             2
 
 AT  LEAST  THREE  HUNDRED  STUDENTS  WITHIN A ONE-MILE RADIUS; PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL ONLY APPLY TO  STUDENTS  WHO,  DURING
 THE  TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN-TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN SCHOOL YEAR, RESIDED IN
 THE BOROUGH OF THE SCHOOL THEY ARE CURRENTLY ATTENDING AND WHO NO LONGER
 RESIDE  IN  SUCH  BOROUGH  AND  TO  THE  SIBLINGS  OF SUCH STUDENTS; AND
 PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, THAT ANY REIMBURSEMENT COSTS  INCURRED  BY  A
 CITY  HAVING  A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PURSUANT TO THIS PARA-
 GRAPH SHALL NOT EXCEED THE  MAXIMUM  AMOUNT  ALLOWED  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.