Assembly Bill A4052

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to contracts regarding bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants

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  • 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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2023-A4052 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
And §§1604, 1709, 2503 & 2554, Ed L

2023-A4052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to contracts regarding bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants; provides districts must abide by the terms within any collectively bargained agreements applicable to such drivers.

2023-A4052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4052
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  contracts  regarding
   bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 1604 of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  269  of  the  laws  of 1974, is amended to read as
 follows:
   23. To contract with any person, corporation or other school  district
 for  the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when author-
 ized to do so under subdivision nineteen of section two  thousand  twen-
 ty-one OF THIS CHAPTER, by vote of the inhabitants of the district enti-
 tled to vote, or to contract for the operation, maintenance and garaging
 of  motor  vehicles owned by the district, in accordance with such rules
 and regulations as such trustees  may  establish,  consistent  with  the
 regulations  of the commissioner [of education]. Upon authorization by a
 school district meeting, every such contract of  transportation  may  be
 made  for  a  period  not  exceeding  five  years,  notwithstanding  any
 provision of any other law inconsistent herewith.  WITH RESPECT  TO  ANY
 CONTRACT  ENTERED  INTO UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION, THE DISTRICT SHALL ABIDE
 BY THE TERMS CONTAINED IN ANY COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED AGREEMENT  APPLICA-
 BLE TO BUS DRIVERS AND DRIVERS' ASSISTANTS ENTERED INTO BY THE CONTRACT-
 ING  ENTITY GOVERNING DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST BUS DRIVERS AND DRIV-
 ERS' ASSISTANTS  EMPLOYED  BY  SUCH  CONTRACTING  ENTITY  PRIOR  TO  THE
 DISTRICT IMPOSING OR IMPLEMENTING AN ADVERSE DISCIPLINARY ACTION AGAINST
 SUCH DRIVER OR DRIVERS' ASSISTANT.
   §  2.  Subdivision 27 of section 1709 of the education law, as amended
 by chapter 737 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
   27. To contract with any person, corporation or other school  district
 for  the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when author-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02399-01-3
              

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