STATE OF NEW YORK
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1762--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, MAGNARELLI,
COLTON, STIRPE, OTIS, MONTESANO, RAIA, GIGLIO, ABINANTI, ORTIZ,
LIFTON, ZEBROWSKI, STECK, MOSLEY, McDONALD, DICKENS, JONES, SIMON,
SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED, MAGEE, GALEF, CROUCH, WALSH, RA, BLAKE, RIVERA,
BARRON, SEAWRIGHT, JENNE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE,
DAVILA, ENGLEBRIGHT, HOOPER, McDONOUGH, PERRY, SKARTADOS, THIELE --
read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to universal pre-kinder-
garten school bus transportation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the educa-
2 tion law, as added by chapter 244 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
3 read as follows:
4 g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
5 trustees or board of education of any school district may, in its
6 discretion, provide transportation for students attending a universal
7 pre-kindergarten program in addition to transportation funded by such
8 program or transportation for students attending another district spon-
9 sored or district-run pre-kindergarten program, within mileage limits
10 established by the school district; if provided such transportation
11 shall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances residing
12 in the district. The cost of providing such transportation shall be a
13 charge upon the district [and]; provided that for purposes of subdivi-
14 sion seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this [chapter] article,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 such pupils shall be considered [non] allowable pupils and the costs of
2 their transportation shall [not] be aidable.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the
4 2019--2020 school year and all school years commencing thereafter.
