Bill Text: NY S04366 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4366 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes and directs the commissioner to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-23 - PRINT NUMBER 4366A [S04366 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04366-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4366
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 31, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- 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  authorizing  and
         directing the commissioner to develop guidelines for transportation of
         students on field trips
         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 42 to read as follows:
    3    42. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO DEVELOP  GUIDELINES
    4  FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE BOROUGHS OF THE
    5  BRONX,  BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND TO THE LOCATION OF
    6  FIELD TRIPS DURING AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS ON SCHOOL BUSES OWNED  OR
    7  LEASED  BY  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS LOCATED IN SUCH BOROUGHS.  NOTWITHSTANDING
    8  ANY PROVISION TO THE CONTRARY, SUCH TRANSPORTATION SHALL BE PROVIDED  TO
    9  LOCATIONS  WITHIN TWENTY MILES OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGHS
   10  OF THE BRONX, BROOKLYN, MANHATTAN, QUEENS AND STATEN ISLAND AND  TO  ANY
   11  LOCATION WITHIN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS LOCATED.
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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