New York State Assembly

Bill No.:  

 
•  Summary 
 
•  Actions 
 
•  Committee Votes 
 
•  Floor Votes 
 
•  Memo 
 
•  Text 
 
•  LFIN 
 
•  Chamber Video/Transcript 

---

S03160 Summary:

BILL NO	S03160
SAME AS	SAME AS A07101
SPONSOR	SKOUFIS
COSPNSR	KAVANAGH, SALAZAR, THOMAS
MLTSPNSR
Amd §3635, Ed L
Enables high school students to use public transportation without charge in order to ride to and from school.

Go to top    

---

S03160 Actions:

BILL NO	S03160
02/04/2019	REFERRED TO EDUCATION
01/08/2020	REFERRED TO EDUCATION

Go to top

---

S03160 Committee Votes:

Go to top

---

S03160 Floor Votes:

Go to top

---

S03160 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3160
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 4, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 enabling  high  school
          students to use public transportation to ride to and from school at no
          charge

          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 a-1 to read as follows:
     3    a-1.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law, all high school
     4  students attending a public or nonpublic school shall be entitled to the
     5  use of public transportation without charge for no more than  one  daily
     6  round-trip  ride  on any school day from their residences to the schools
     7  which they attend and from such schools to their residences. Each school
     8  district shall provide a suitable identification card  to  each  of  its
     9  students  in  order  for the public transportation system utilized to be
    10  able to determine each student's entitlement to this benefit.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    12  it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09421-01-9

Go to top