S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6121
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 16, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Education
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
         relation to requiring the department of education of the city  of  New
         York  to provide school bus service to students in grades kindergarten
         through five who reside one-half mile or more from school
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision b of section 19-606 of the administrative code
    2  of the city of New York, as added by local law number 48 of the city  of
    3  New York for the year 2000, is amended to read as follows:
    4    b.  1. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL PROVIDE SCHOOL BUS SERVICE TO
    5  ALL GENERAL EDUCATION STUDENTS WHO LIVE ONE-HALF MILE OR MORE  FROM  THE
    6  SCHOOL  THEY  ATTEND  AND  WHO ARE ENROLLED IN A GRADE FROM KINDERGARTEN
    7  THROUGH FIVE, INCLUSIVE.
    8    2. The [board] DEPARTMENT of education shall prepare and, when  neces-
    9  sary,  revise  two  school bus service plans annually to ensure that all
   10  students eligible to receive school bus service to and from the  schools
   11  they  legally  attend shall be provided with a seat on a school bus. One
   12  plan shall relate to school  bus  service  to  be  provided  during  the
   13  session of the school year beginning in September and ending in June and
   14  one  plan  shall  relate  to  school bus service to be provided during a
   15  summer school session. Each plan shall be prepared prior  to  the  first
   16  day  of  the  session  of  the school year to which it relates and shall
   17  include the following information: (i) the criteria used by the  [board]
   18  DEPARTMENT  of  education  to determine whether a student is eligible to
   19  receive school bus service; (ii) for each school, a summary  description
   20  of the school bus routes servicing the school; (iii) for each school bus
   21  route, the number of students eligible to ride on the school bus operat-
   22  ing  on  the  route and the maximum seating capacity of such school bus;
   23  and (iv) any other information the [board] DEPARTMENT of education deems
   24  relevant. Upon completion of the plans, they shall be submitted  to  the
   25  mayor and the speaker of the city council.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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