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Senate Bill S3709

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips

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2025-S3709 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1735
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §305, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A11140, A6631, A4585
2011-2012: S4366, A2626
2013-2014: S2460, A870
2015-2016: S4513, A3428
2017-2018: S2637, A5396
2019-2020: S397, A4008
2021-2022: S4504, A9197
2023-2024: S3074, A2274

2025-S3709 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips.

2025-S3709 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3709 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3709
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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  authorizing  and
   directing  the  commissioner  of  education  to develop guidelines for
   transportation of students on field trips

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
   57.  THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO DEVELOP GUIDELINES
 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE BOROUGHS OF THE
 BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND TO THE LOCATION  OF
 FIELD  TRIPS DURING AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS ON SCHOOL BUSES OWNED OR
 LEASED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS LOCATED IN SUCH  BOROUGHS.    NOTWITHSTANDING
 ANY  PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO
 LOCATIONS WITHIN TWENTY MILES OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE  BOROUGHS
 OF  THE  BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND AND TO ANY
 LOCATION WITHIN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOCATED.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03667-01-5

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