Bill Text: NY A00178 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Provides that the Rochester city school district may provide transportation to pupils that live more than one-half mile from the school.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-25 - reported referred to ways and means [A00178 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A00178-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         178--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education -- recommitted to the Committee on Education  in  accord-
          ance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  in  relation to the transportation of students in the Rochester
          city school district
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. a. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regu-
     2  lation  to  the contrary, including subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the
     3  education law, the city school district of the city of  Rochester,  upon
     4  approval  of  a vote by the board of education of a plan which describes
     5  fiscal and educational outcomes and implementation strategy and  notifi-
     6  cation  to  the commissioner of education by February 1, 2017, may enter
     7  into a transportation pilot program for a  period  not  to  exceed  five
     8  school  years beginning with the 2017-2018 school year to provide trans-
     9  portation services for children attending grades kindergarten through  3
    10  in  the  2017-2018  school year, and for children attending kindergarten
    11  through 6 in the 2018-2019 school year and  subsequent  years,  and  who
    12  live more than one-half mile and less than fifteen miles from the school
    13  which  they  legally  attend  provided  such transportation, if offered,
    14  shall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances  residing
    15  in the district.
    16    b.  For the purposes of computing approved transportation expenses for
    17  transportation aid for transportation provided under this pilot program,
    18  expenses for transportation provided pursuant to this pilot program  for
    19  children attending grades kindergarten through 3 in the 2017-2018 school
    20  year, and for children attending kindergarten through 6 in the 2018-2019
    21  school  year  and subsequent years, who live more than one-half mile and
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03177-02-6

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     1  less than fifteen miles from the school which they legally attend  shall
     2  be  included.  Transportation  expenses  shall be reimbursed pursuant to
     3  subdivision 7 of section 3602 of the education  law  during  such  pilot
     4  period  in an amount not to exceed the 2016-2017 approved transportation
     5  aid amount pursuant to such subdivision 7.
     6    c. In the event costs for providing transportation for  children  that
     7  would  otherwise  be  aidable without this pilot program increase due to
     8  enrollment changes or other customary increases in cost  as  defined  in
     9  regulation by the commissioner of education, the city school district of
    10  the  city  of Rochester may apply to the commissioner of education for a
    11  waiver to  receive  additional  transportation  aid  in  excess  of  the
    12  2016-2017  transportation  aid  amount  during  the  pilot  program  for
    13  services that would otherwise be allowable transportation expenses.
    14    d. The city school district of the city of Rochester shall  provide  a
    15  report to the commissioner of education on the results of the first four
    16  years  of the pilot program, including data that describes the costs and
    17  benefits of the program, by September 30, 2021.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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