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Assembly Bill A3328

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Improves the transportation of children with special needs

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2023-A3328 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7813
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3635, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
A4828, S7018

2023-A3328 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Improves the transportation of children with special needs to and from school; provides that bussing time shall not exceed one and one-half hours; provides a special needs liaison to work with each family with a child with special needs; makes related provisions.

2023-A3328 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3328
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to improving the trans-
   portation of children with special needs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  3635 of the education law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR  REGULATION,
 WHERE A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LEGALLY ATTENDS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, SUCH
 CHILD SHALL BE PROVIDED FREE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN HOME AND SCHOOL.
   B.  EACH  SCHOOL DISTRICT WITH A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SHALL HAVE A
 CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS LIAISON WHO SHALL WORK WITH EACH CHILD  WITH
 SPECIAL  NEEDS AND THE CHILD'S FAMILY TO ENSURE THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION ARE MET.
   C. SUCH TRANSPORTATION  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  ONE  AND  ONE-HALF  HOURS,
 INCLUDING FLEXIBLE WAIT TIMES AT HOMES TO ACCOUNT FOR SUCH CHILDREN WITH
 SPECIAL  NEEDS  POTENTIALLY  REQUIRING  MORE  TIME  TO GET ON AND OFF OF
 TRANSPORTATION. IF THE TRANSPORTATION CANNOT BE  COMPLETED  WITHIN  THIS
 TIMEFRAME,  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL EITHER: (I) REDUCE THE TRANSPORTA-
 TION TIME BY ADDING MORE TRANSPORTATION WITHIN  THE  DISTRICT;  OR  (II)
 REIMBURSE, IN FULL, THE CARETAKER OF THE CHILD FOR ANY AND ALL TRANSPOR-
 TATION  EXPENSES  FOR THE SAFE AND TIMELY TRANSPORTATION OF THE CHILD TO
 AND FROM THE SCHOOL INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FUEL COSTS,  MILEAGE,
 TOLLS, AND FARES.
   D.  SUCH TRANSPORTATION USED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO TRANSPORT CHIL-
 DREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SHALL INCLUDE CAMERAS AND BUS  TRACKING  SYSTEMS
 SO THE CHILD AND THE CHILD'S FAMILY CAN KNOW WHEN THE BUS WILL ARRIVE AT
 THE HOME.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03584-02-3
 A. 3328                             2

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