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.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6027--B
IN SENATE(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 § 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.
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