Bill Text: NY S01910 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows for the transportation of students by a vehicle used for agricultural education purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO EDUCATION [S01910 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S01910-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1910 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 17, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- 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 allowing for the transportation of students by a vehicle used for agricultural educa- tion purposes The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 57 to read as follows: 3 57. The commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of trans- 4 portation, shall allow for the use of vehicles used in agricultural 5 education for transporting pupils. Such vehicles shall be allowed to be 6 used for pupil transportation where the vehicle: 7 a. is insured and owned by the school district; 8 b. has passed an inspection within the past year; 9 c. is operated by an agriculture teacher with a commercial driver's 10 license with a passenger endorsement and the appropriate licensing for 11 operating the vehicle; 12 d. is being used in a manner directly related to the curriculum as 13 well as for transportation of pupils; and 14 e. has no more than the legally allowable amount of passengers. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07317-01-9