New York A 8440: Relates to utilizing schools as polling places

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A08440 Summary:

BILL NOA08440 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01018

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SPONSORTapia

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COSPNSRSimone, Simon, Stirpe, McDonough, De Los Santos, Reyes

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §305, Ed L

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Relates to employment contracts between school bus workers and the department of education in a city with at least one million inhabitants.

Go to top A08440 Actions:

BILL NOA08440 

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05/16/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8440

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. TAPIA, SIMONE -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts for the
 transportation of school children

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the educa-
 2 tion law, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 1999, is amended to
 3 read as follows:
 4 a. (1) All contracts for the transportation of school children, all
 5 contracts to maintain school buses owned or leased by a school district
 6 that are used for the transportation of school children, all contracts
 7 for mobile instructional units, and all contracts to provide, maintain
 8 and operate cafeteria or restaurant service by a private food service
 9 management company shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner,
 10 who may disapprove a proposed contract if, in [his] such commissioner's
 11 opinion, the best interests of the district will be promoted thereby.
 12 Except as provided in paragraph e of this subdivision, all such
 13 contracts involving an annual expenditure in excess of the amount speci-
 14 fied for purchase contracts in the bidding requirements of the general
 15 municipal law shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, which
 16 responsibility shall be determined by the board of education or the
 17 trustee of a district, with power hereby vested in the commissioner to
 18 reject any or all bids if, in [his] such commissioner's opinion, the
 19 best interests of the district will be promoted thereby and, upon such
 20 rejection of all bids, the commissioner shall order the board of educa-
 21 tion or trustee of the district to seek, obtain and consider new
 22 proposals. All proposals for such transportation, maintenance, mobile
 23 instructional units, or cafeteria and restaurant service shall be in
 24 such form as the commissioner may prescribe. Advertisement for bids
 25 shall be published in a newspaper or newspapers designated by the board

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02964-01-5

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 1 of education or trustee of the district having general circulation with-
 2 in the district for such purpose. Such advertisement shall contain a
 3 statement of the time when and place where all bids received pursuant to
 4 such advertisement will be publicly opened and read either by the school
 5 authorities or by a person or persons designated by them. All bids
 6 received shall be publicly opened and read at the time and place so
 7 specified. At least five days shall elapse between the first publication
 8 of such advertisement and the date so specified for the opening and
 9 reading of bids. The requirement for competitive bidding shall not apply
 10 to an award of a contract for the transportation of pupils or a contract
 11 for mobile instructional units, if such award is based on an evaluation
 12 of proposals in response to a request for proposals pursuant to para-
 13 graph e of this subdivision. The requirement for competitive bidding
 14 shall not apply to annual, biennial, or triennial extensions of a
 15 contract nor shall the requirement for competitive bidding apply to
 16 quadrennial or quinquennial year extensions of a contract involving
 17 transportation of pupils, maintenance of school buses or mobile instruc-
 18 tional units secured either through competitive bidding or through