Bill Text: NY S07218 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes school districts to provide bussing to pre-kindergarten students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - SIGNED CHAP.244 [S07218 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07218-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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  transportation  of
         certain pre-kindergarten students
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  3635  of  the  education  law  is
    2  amended by adding a new paragraph g to read as follows:
    3    G.  A  PRE-KINDERGARTEN  PROGRAM  WHICH IS HELD AT A BUILDING OWNED OR
    4  LEASED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT WHICH OTHERWISE UTILIZES SUCH  BUILDING  FOR
    5  SCHOOL CLASSES FOR GRADES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELVE OR A PORTION THER-
    6  EOF  MAY,  IF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OR  OTHER OFFICIAL IN CHARGE OF SUCH
    7  DISTRICT INDICATES THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST, PICK  UP  AND  DROP  OFF
    8  CHILDREN PARTICIPATING IN A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM TAUGHT BY CERTIFIED
    9  TEACHERS  OF  SUCH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT AT SUCH DISTRICT OWNED AND UTILIZED
   10  BUILDING.
   11    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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