NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8266

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 28, 2025	referred to new york city education

2025-S8266 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate New York City Education
Law Section:: Education Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3627, Ed L

2025-S8266 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing transportation after four o'clock; provides a formula for aid.

2025-S8266 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8266

SPONSOR: SUTTON
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the education law, in relation to providing transporta-
tion after four o'clock

 
PURPOSE:

To ensure that funding provided for the After 4pm busing program is used
to increase the reimbursable transportation rate per student.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends subdivision 4 of section 3527 of the education law by
adding language that would require the New York City School District to
use available funding to increase the reimbursable transportation cost
per student.

Section 2 is the effective date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Section 3627 of the education law provides critical transportation
support to nonpublic school students whose school day ends after 4:00pm.
Currently, the NYCDOE is required to reimburse students in grades K-6,
who attend school from 9:30 AM (or earlier) for regularly scheduled
academic classes through 4:00 PM or later.

Schools operate or contract for bus services and are reimbursed for
actual costs incurred, per student, per day. The current program caps
the reimbursement rate to $16/student/day. By contrast, NYC expenditures
on its own contracted bus service is $34/student/dayl.

In the 2025/26 State budget, annual increases in the aid cap for this
program were tied to the consumer price index. While these changes will
annually raise the aid cap to meet the program's growth, there is still
concern that the increase in the cap will not be used to raise the reim-
bursable transportation cost per student. This proposed legislation will
require NYCDOE to use any additional funding to increase the severely
substandard reimbursement rate.

 
FISCAL IMPACT:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided that the amendments to
subdivision 4 of section 3627 of the education law made by section one
of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as
section of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025, takes effect.
1 Mayor's Management Reports:  https://www.nyc.gov/assets/operat
ions/download s/pdf /mm r2022/2022_mmdf, https://councitnyc.govibudget
/wp-content/upLoads/sites/54/2023/05/DOT.pdf

2025-S8266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8266
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 28, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing  transporta-
   tion after four o'clock
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3627  of  the  education  law,  as
 amended  by section 13-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  any
 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
 two  thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year and thereafter
 and otherwise eligible for transportation aid  pursuant  to  subdivision
 seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be consid-
 ered  approved  transportation expenses eligible for transportation aid,
 provided further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand  four-
 teen  school year such aid shall be limited to eight million one hundred
 thousand dollars and for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen
 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twelve  million  six
 hundred  thousand  dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand
 fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year  through  two  thousand  eigh-
 teen--two thousand nineteen school year such aid shall be limited to the
 sum  of  eighteen  million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the
 base amount and for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty
 school  year  such  aid  shall be limited to the sum of nineteen million
 three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount  and  for  the
 two  thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year such aid shall
 be limited to the sum of nineteen million eight hundred  fifty  thousand
 dollars  plus  the  base amount and for the two thousand twenty-two--two
 thousand twenty-three school year such aid shall be limited to  the  sum
 of twenty-two million three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10199-02-5

 S. 8266                             2
 
 amount  and  for the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-four  million
 eight  hundred  fifty  thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
 two  thousand  twenty-four--two  thousand  twenty-five  school year [and
 thereafter] such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-nine  million
 eight  hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount. For purposes
 of this subdivision, "base amount" means the  amount  of  transportation
 aid  paid  to  the  school district for expenditures incurred in the two
 thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school  year  for  transportation
 that  would have been eligible for aid pursuant to this section had this
 section been in effect in such school year, except that subdivision  six
 of this section shall be deemed not to have been in effect. And provided
 further  that  the school district shall continue to annually expend for
 the transportation described in subdivision one of this section at least
 the expenditures used for the base [amount]  YEAR,  INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT
 LIMITED  TO  INCREASES  IN  THE  REIMBURSABLE  TRANSPORTATION  COST  PER
 STUDENT.
   § 1-a. Subdivision 4 of section 3627 of the education law, as  amended
 by  section  12 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of  2025, is amended
 to read as follows:
   4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law  to  the  contrary,  any
 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
 two  thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year and thereafter
 and otherwise eligible for transportation aid  pursuant  to  subdivision
 seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be consid-
 ered  approved  transportation expenses eligible for transportation aid,
 provided further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand  four-
 teen  school year such aid shall be limited to eight million one hundred
 thousand dollars and for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen
 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twelve  million  six
 hundred  thousand  dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand
 fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year  through  two  thousand  eigh-
 teen--two thousand nineteen school year such aid shall be limited to the
 sum  of  eighteen  million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the
 base amount and for  the  two  thousand  nineteen--two  thousand  twenty
 school  year  such  aid  shall be limited to the sum of nineteen million
 three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount  and  for  the
 two  thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year such aid shall
 be limited to the sum of nineteen million eight hundred  fifty  thousand
 dollars  plus  the  base amount and for the two thousand twenty-two--two
 thousand twenty-three school year such aid shall be limited to  the  sum
 of twenty-two million three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base
 amount  and  for the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-four  million
 eight  hundred  fifty  thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
 two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five school year such  aid
 shall  be  limited to the sum of twenty-nine million eight hundred fifty
 thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the two  thousand  twenty-
 five--two  thousand twenty-six school year and thereafter such aid shall
 be limited to the product of (i) the maximum amount of aid authorized by
 this subdivision for the base year, and (ii) the sum  of  one  plus  the
 product  of  (a)  two  and  one-half  multiplied  by  (b) the percentage
 increase in the consumer price index  as  defined  in  paragraph  hh  of
 subdivision  one  of section thirty-six hundred two of this article. For
 purposes of this subdivision, "base amount" means the amount  of  trans-
 portation  aid  paid to the school district for expenditures incurred in
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 the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school year for transpor-
 tation that would have been eligible for aid pursuant  to  this  section
 had  this section been in effect in such school year, except that subdi-
 vision  six  of this section shall be deemed not to have been in effect.
 And provided further that the school district shall continue to annually
 expend for the transportation  described  in  subdivision  one  of  this
 section  at  least  the  expenditures  used  for the base [amount] YEAR,
 INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO INCREASES IN THE REIMBURSABLE  TRANSPORTA-
 TION COST PER STUDENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided that the amend-
 ments  to  subdivision  4  of  section 3627 of the education law made by
 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
 same  manner  as section 12 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025,
 takes effect.

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee New York City Education Committee

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2025-S8266 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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