Bill Text: NY S06027 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates an exception to school bussing requirements in the city of New York for restoration of past services; requires school bus transportation to be provided to certain seventh and eighth graders in the city of New York.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-29 - SUBSTITUTED BY A8683B [S06027 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06027-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6027--B
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 4, 2012
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       Introduced by Sens. LANZA, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- commit-
         tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
         mitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to creating an  exception
         to  school busing requirements in the city of New York for restoration
         of past services
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.   Section 3635 of the education law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR  REGULATION  TO
    4  THE  CONTRARY,  IN  CITIES WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, THE
    5  REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH C OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, REQUIRING
    6  THAT A CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR CHILDREN RESID-
    7  ING WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT OFFER SUCH TRANSPORTATION EQUALLY TO  ALL  SUCH
    8  CHILDREN  IN  LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES, SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE USE OF EXISTING
    9  CONTRACT BUS SERVICE PROVIDED  FOR  CHILDREN  IN  ELEMENTARY  GRADES  BY
   10  PUPILS  IN  GRADES  SEVEN  AND EIGHT, BUT ONLY WHERE SUCH USE IS A REIN-
   11  STATEMENT OF A SERVICE PROVIDED IN THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINNING IN  SEPTEM-
   12  BER, TWO THOUSAND NINE AND ENDING IN JUNE TWO THOUSAND TEN.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect September 1, 2012.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13465-08-2