New York S 7660: Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus driver's assistants

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S07660 Summary:

BILL NOS07660A

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRFERNANDEZ

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Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants.

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BILL NOS07660A

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04/25/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/20/20251ST REPORT CAL.1162

05/21/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/22/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/13/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

05/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 7660A

05/19/20261ST REPORT CAL.1176

05/20/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/21/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/05/2026COMMITTED TO RULES

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7660--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAYER, FERNANDEZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education --
 recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate
 Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts regarding
 bus drivers and bus driver's assistants; and providing for the repeal
 of such provisions upon expiration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 23 of section 1604 of the education law, as
 2 amended by chapter 269 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 23. To contract with any person, corporation or other school district
 5 for the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when author-
 6 ized to do so under subdivision nineteen of section two thousand twen-
 7 ty-one of this chapter, by vote of the inhabitants of the district enti-
 8 tled to vote, or to contract for the operation, maintenance and garaging
 9 of motor vehicles owned by the district, in accordance with such rules
 10 and regulations as such trustees may establish, consistent with the
 11 regulations of the commissioner [of education]. Upon authorization by a
 12 school district meeting, every such contract of transportation may be
 13 made for a period not exceeding five years, notwithstanding any
 14 provision of any other law inconsistent herewith. Notwithstanding any
 15 provision of law to the contrary, any school district located within the
 16 counties of Nassau and Suffolk with respect to contracts entered into
 17 under this subdivision for the conveyance of pupils, where a district
 18 intends to request a contractor remove a bus driver or driver's assist-
 19 ant from service to such district, the district shall, prior to making
 20 such request, provide the driver or driver's assistant with written
 21 notice of its intent to seek such removal, stating the reasons therefor

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11789-04-6

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 1 including any supporting documentation, and shall afford such driver or
 2 driver's assistant a reasonable opportunity to be heard before the
 3 district issues a written removal or disqualification request to the
 4 contracted company. Such notice and hearing requirements shall not apply
 5 where the district determines, in its sole discretion, that the contin-
 6 ued service of such driver or driver's assistant poses an immediate risk
 7 to the safety or welfare of students.
 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 9 deemed repealed 3 years after such date.

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