Assembly Bill A7262

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires a school bus attendant or school bus monitor on all school buses

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Current 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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2023-A7262 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3378
Current Committee:
Assembly Transportation
Law Section:
Vehicle and Traffic Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1229-d, V & T L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8245, S5172
2021-2022: A3871, S3916

2023-A7262 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a school bus attendant or school bus monitor on all school buses transporting students in kindergarten through sixth grade to or from school or to or from any school related activity.

2023-A7262 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7262
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BURKE, DARLING, RIVERA, LUNSFORD, WILLIAMS, BRON-
   SON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Transportation
 
 AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring a
   school bus attendant or school bus monitor on all school buses
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 1 of section 1229-d of the vehicle and traffic
 law, as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   (1)  (A) EVERY SCHOOL BUS OPERATING IN THIS STATE, WHICH IS TRANSPORT-
 ING STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SIXTH GRADE TO OR FROM SCHOOL OR TO
 OR FROM ANY SCHOOL RELATED ACTIVITY, SHALL  HAVE  EITHER  A  SCHOOL  BUS
 ATTENDANT OR SCHOOL BUS MONITOR ON BOARD.
   (B)  THE SCHOOL BUS ATTENDANT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION SHALL, IN ADDI-
 TION TO KEEPING ORDER ON THE BUS, ASSIST ANY  CHILD  UNDER  THE  AGE  OF
 THIRTEEN, OR ANY STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY WITH BOARDING AND LEAVING THE
 BUS AND BY CROSSING THE STREET WITH THE CHILD WHERE NECESSARY.
   (C)  "School bus attendant" shall mean a person employed or authorized
 by a school district to ride on a school bus as defined in paragraph (a)
 of subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a of  this  chapter  for
 the  purpose  of  maintaining  order  [or]  AND  rendering assistance to
 [pupils with special needs] STUDENTS, INCLUDING ANY STUDENT WITH A DISA-
 BILITY.
   (D) "SCHOOL BUS MONITOR" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON EMPLOYED OR  AUTHORIZED
 BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO RIDE ON A SCHOOL BUS AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A)
 OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED NINE-A OF THIS CHAPTER FOR
 THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING CHILDREN TO SAFELY EMBARK AND DISEMBARK FROM  A
 SCHOOL  BUS  WHICH IS OWNED, LEASED OR CONTRACTED FOR BY A PUBLIC SCHOOL
 DISTRICT OR BOARD OF  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES,  AND  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  ASSISTING  THE  SCHOOL  BUS  DRIVER WITH MAINTAINING PROPER
 STUDENT BEHAVIOR ON SUCH SCHOOL BUS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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