Bill Text: NY A04606 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that, where practicable, the youngest children shall be seated in the front of the school bus and the oldest children seated in the rear of the school bus; further provides that children with disabilities or disorders that result in communication difficulties shall be seated closest to the driver.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to education [A04606 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04606-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4606
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 4, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school bus seating
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3635-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 3635-D. SCHOOL BUS SEATING. WHERE PRACTICABLE, THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN
    4  SHALL BE SEATED IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BUS AND THE  OLDEST  CHILDREN
    5  SEATED  IN  THE  REAR OF THE SCHOOL BUS. ADDITIONALLY, ANY CHILDREN WITH
    6  DISABILITIES OR DISORDERS THAT  RESULT  IN  COMMUNICATION  DIFFICULTIES,
    7  SHALL BE SEATED IN THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BUS CLOSEST TO THE DRIVER.
    8    S  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
    9  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.
                                                                  LBD07794-02-5