Bill Text: NY A02307 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the Rochester city school district may provide transportation to pupils that live more than one-half mile from the school.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - enacting clause stricken [A02307 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A02307-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2307
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 22, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GANTT -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
        AN ACT in relation to the transportation of students  in  the  Rochester
          city school district
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. a. Notwithstanding the provision of any law, rule, or regu-
     2  lation to the contrary, including subdivision 1 of section 3635  of  the
     3  education  law,  the city school district of the city of Rochester, upon
     4  approval of a vote by the board of education of a plan  which  describes
     5  fiscal  and educational outcomes and implementation strategy and notifi-
     6  cation to the commissioner of education by February 1, 2020,  may  enter
     7  into  a  transportation  pilot  program  for a period not to exceed five
     8  school years beginning with the 2020-2021 school year to provide  trans-
     9  portation  services for children attending grades kindergarten through 3
    10  in the 2020-2021 school year, and for  children  attending  kindergarten
    11  through  6  in  the  2021-2022 school year and subsequent years, and who
    12  live more than one-half mile and less than fifteen miles from the school
    13  which they legally attend  provided  such  transportation,  if  offered,
    14  shall  be offered equally to all children in like circumstances residing
    15  in the district.
    16    b. For the purposes of computing approved transportation expenses  for
    17  transportation aid for transportation provided under this pilot program,
    18  expenses  for transportation provided pursuant to this pilot program for
    19  children attending grades kindergarten through 3 in the 2020-2021 school
    20  year, and for children attending kindergarten through 6 in the 2021-2022
    21  school year and subsequent years, who live more than one-half  mile  and
    22  less  than fifteen miles from the school which they legally attend shall
    23  be included. Transportation expenses shall  be  reimbursed  pursuant  to
    24  subdivision  7  of  section  3602 of the education law during such pilot
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00958-01-9
        A. 2307                             2
     1  period in an amount not to exceed the 2019-2020 approved  transportation
     2  aid amount pursuant to such subdivision 7.
     3    c.  In  the event costs for providing transportation for children that
     4  would otherwise be aidable without this pilot program  increase  due  to
     5  enrollment  changes  or  other customary increases in cost as defined in
     6  regulation by the commissioner of education, the city school district of
     7  the city of Rochester may apply to the commissioner of education  for  a
     8  waiver  to  receive  additional  transportation  aid  in  excess  of the
     9  2019-2020  transportation  aid  amount  during  the  pilot  program  for
    10  services that would otherwise be allowable transportation expenses.
    11    d.  The  city school district of the city of Rochester shall provide a
    12  report to the commissioner of education on the results of the first four
    13  years of the pilot program, including data that describes the costs  and
    14  benefits of the program, by September 30, 2024.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.