S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2112
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 15, 2025
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Introduced by Sens. COONEY, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed 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 on the first of July next succeeding
the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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