Relates to making school bus stop arm video systems an allowable transportation expense provided that proper protocols are followed and there is no third party involvement.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8230
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 2, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to making school bus stop
arm video systems an allowable transportation expense
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subparagraphs 10 and 11 of paragraph e of subdivision 1 of
2 section 3623-a of the education law, as added by chapter 474 of the laws
3 of 1996, are amended to read as follows:
4 (10) the consideration for the contract or contracts made for the
5 purpose of providing transportation by horse-drawn vehicle or vehicles,
6 if any school district shall be required to provide such transportation;
7 [and]
8 (11) school bus safety technology, including school bus stop arm video
9 systems, provided that: such systems require school districts to manage
10 each systems' recorded video without the involvement of a third party,
11 in association with any relevant law enforcement agencies; the deploy-
12 ment of such systems is accompanied by appropriate internal protocols
13 for video review and driver statements are collected after each recorded
14 incident; and the technology allows the positive identification of the
15 recorded individual and vehicle; and
16 (12) other expenses for district operated transportation systems, as
17 approved pursuant to regulations of the commissioner.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
19 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
20 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
21 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
22 to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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