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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         7218--A
            Cal. No. 1035
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                       May 2, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Education  --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first report, amended on
          first report, ordered to a second  report,  and  to  be  reprinted  as
          amended, retaining its place in the order of second report
 

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  education law, in relation to transportation of
          certain pre-kindergarten students
 
          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 g to read as follows:
     3    g.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to  the  contrary,  the
     4  trustees  or  board  of  education  of  any  school district may, in its
     5  discretion, provide transportation for students  attending  a  universal
     6  pre-kindergarten  program  in  addition to transportation funded by such
     7  program or transportation for students attending another district  spon-
     8  sored  or  district-run  pre-kindergarten program, within mileage limits

     9  established by the school  district;  if  provided  such  transportation
    10  shall  be offered equally to all children in like circumstances residing
    11  in the district. The cost of providing such transportation  shall  be  a
    12  charge  upon  the  district  and  for  purposes  of subdivision seven of
    13  section thirty-six hundred two of this chapter,  such  pupils  shall  be
    14  considered  non  allowable  pupils and the costs of their transportation
    15  shall not be aidable.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15602-03-2