Bill Text: NY S05172 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires a school bus attendant on all school buses transporting students in kindergarten through sixth grade to or from school or from any school related activity.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-15 - PRINT NUMBER 5172A [S05172 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5172
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 12, 2019
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        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
        AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring  a
          school bus attendant on all school buses
          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 1229-d of the vehicle and  traffic
     2  law,  as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    (1) (a) Every school bus operating in this state, which is  transport-
     5  ing students in kindergarten through sixth grade to or from school or to
     6  or  from  any school related activity, shall have a school bus attendant
     7  on board.
     8    (b) The school bus attendant required by this section shall, in  addi-
     9  tion  to  keeping  order  on  the bus, assist any child under the age of
    10  thirteen, or any student with a disability with boarding and leaving the
    11  bus and by crossing the street with the child where necessary.
    12    (c) "School bus attendant" shall mean a person employed or  authorized
    13  by a school district to ride on a school bus as defined in paragraph (a)
    14  of  subdivision  one  of section five hundred nine-a of this chapter for
    15  the purpose of  maintaining  order  [or]  and  rendering  assistance  to
    16  [pupils with special needs] students, including any student with a disa-
    17  bility.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11192-01-9