STATE OF NEW YORK
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8266
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 28, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. SUTTON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing transporta-
tion after four o'clock
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3627 of the education law, as
2 amended by section 13-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
3 amended to read as follows:
4 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
5 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
6 two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year and thereafter
7 and otherwise eligible for transportation aid pursuant to subdivision
8 seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be consid-
9 ered approved transportation expenses eligible for transportation aid,
10 provided further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand four-
11 teen school year such aid shall be limited to eight million one hundred
12 thousand dollars and for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen
13 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twelve million six
14 hundred thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand
15 fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year through two thousand eigh-
16 teen--two thousand nineteen school year such aid shall be limited to the
17 sum of eighteen million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the
18 base amount and for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty
19 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of nineteen million
20 three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
21 two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year such aid shall
22 be limited to the sum of nineteen million eight hundred fifty thousand
23 dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand twenty-two--two
24 thousand twenty-three school year such aid shall be limited to the sum
25 of twenty-two million three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 amount and for the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
2 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-four million
3 eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
4 two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five school year [and
5 thereafter] such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-nine million
6 eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount. For purposes
7 of this subdivision, "base amount" means the amount of transportation
8 aid paid to the school district for expenditures incurred in the two
9 thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school year for transportation
10 that would have been eligible for aid pursuant to this section had this
11 section been in effect in such school year, except that subdivision six
12 of this section shall be deemed not to have been in effect. And provided
13 further that the school district shall continue to annually expend for
14 the transportation described in subdivision one of this section at least
15 the expenditures used for the base [amount] year, including, but not
16 limited to increases in the reimbursable transportation cost per
17 student.
18 § 1-a. Subdivision 4 of section 3627 of the education law, as amended
19 by section 12 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025, is amended
20 to read as follows:
21 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
22 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
23 two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen school year and thereafter
24 and otherwise eligible for transportation aid pursuant to subdivision
25 seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be consid-
26 ered approved transportation expenses eligible for transportation aid,
27 provided further that for the two thousand thirteen--two thousand four-
28 teen school year such aid shall be limited to eight million one hundred
29 thousand dollars and for the two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen
30 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twelve million six
31 hundred thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand
32 fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year through two thousand eigh-
33 teen--two thousand nineteen school year such aid shall be limited to the
34 sum of eighteen million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the
35 base amount and for the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty
36 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of nineteen million
37 three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
38 two thousand twenty--two thousand twenty-one school year such aid shall
39 be limited to the sum of nineteen million eight hundred fifty thousand
40 dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand twenty-two--two
41 thousand twenty-three school year such aid shall be limited to the sum
42 of twenty-two million three hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base
43 amount and for the two thousand twenty-three--two thousand twenty-four
44 school year such aid shall be limited to the sum of twenty-four million
45 eight hundred fifty thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the
46 two thousand twenty-four--two thousand twenty-five school year such aid
47 shall be limited to the sum of twenty-nine million eight hundred fifty
48 thousand dollars plus the base amount and for the two thousand twenty-
49 five--two thousand twenty-six school year and thereafter such aid shall
50 be limited to the product of (i) the maximum amount of aid authorized by
51 this subdivision for the base year, and (ii) the sum of one plus the
52 product of (a) two and one-half multiplied by (b) the percentage
53 increase in the consumer price index as defined in paragraph hh of
54 subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred two of this article. For
55 purposes of this subdivision, "base amount" means the amount of trans-
56 portation aid paid to the school district for expenditures incurred in
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1 the two thousand twelve--two thousand thirteen school year for transpor-
2 tation that would have been eligible for aid pursuant to this section
3 had this section been in effect in such school year, except that subdi-
4 vision six of this section shall be deemed not to have been in effect.
5 And provided further that the school district shall continue to annually
6 expend for the transportation described in subdivision one of this
7 section at least the expenditures used for the base [amount] year,
8 including, but not limited to increases in the reimbursable transporta-
9 tion cost per student.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided that the amend-
11 ments to subdivision 4 of section 3627 of the education law made by
12 section one of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
13 same manner as section 12 of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of 2025,
14 takes effect.
