Bill Text: NY S01495 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to universal pre-K school bus transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-10 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01495 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S01495-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1495

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 10, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by Sens. FAHY, SKOUFIS -- 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 universal pre-kinder-
          garten school bus transportation

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
     2  tion law, as added by chapter 244 of the laws of  2012,  is  amended  to
     3  read as follows:
     4    g.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law to the contrary, the
     5  trustees or board of education  of  any  school  district  may,  in  its
     6  discretion,  provide  transportation  for students attending a universal
     7  pre-kindergarten program in addition to transportation  funded  by  such
     8  program  or transportation for students attending another district spon-
     9  sored or district-run pre-kindergarten program,  within  mileage  limits
    10  established  by  the  school  district;  if provided such transportation
    11  shall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances  residing
    12  in  the  district.  The cost of providing such transportation shall be a
    13  charge upon the district [and]; provided that for purposes  of  subdivi-
    14  sion  seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this [chapter] article,
    15  such pupils shall be considered [non] allowable pupils and the costs  of
    16  their transportation shall [not] be aidable.
    17    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
    18  2027--2028 school year and all school years commencing thereafter.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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