New York A 7889: Provides for transportation after 4pm by school districts in Sullivan county

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A07889 Summary:

BILL NOA07889 

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SAME ASSAME AS S07703

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SPONSORKay

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §3627-a, Ed L

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Requires transportation after 4pm be provided for certain students by school districts in Sullivan county.

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BILL NOA07889 

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04/11/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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Go to topA07889 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7889

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the provision of
 transportation after 4pm by school districts in Sullivan county

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3627-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 3627-a. Transportation after 4pm for Sullivan county. 1. Notwith-
 4 standing any other provisions of this section to the contrary, for the
 5 two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six school year and there-
 6 after, every school district located in the county of Sullivan providing
 7 transportation pursuant to this chapter shall be responsible for:
 8 (a) (i) providing transportation for every child attending a public or
 9 nonpublic school who resides in an area containing at least fifty chil-
 10 dren within a five mile radius who remains at the same school for which
 11 they are enrolled for regularly scheduled academic classes from half-
 12 past nine o'clock in the morning or earlier until four o'clock in the
 13 afternoon or later, on weekdays;
 14 (ii) such transportation shall be provided to all children attending
 15 grades kindergarten through eight who live more than two miles from the
 16 school, which they legally attend, and for all children attending grades
 17 nine through twelve who live more than three miles from the school which
 18 they legally attend, and shall be provided for each such pupil up to a
 19 distance of fifteen miles, the distances in each case being measured by
 20 the nearest available route from such child's home to school; or
 21 (b) reimbursing the cost incurred by licensed transportation carriers
 22 pursuant to contracts with such school district for providing transpor-
 23 tation for those children attending public and nonpublic schools attend-
 24 ing grades kindergarten through eight who live more than two miles from
 25 the school, which they legally attend, and for all children attending

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11361-01-5

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 1 grades nine through twelve who live more than three miles from the
 2 school which they legally attend, and shall be provided for each such
 3 pupil up to a distance of fifteen miles, the distances in each case
 4 being measured by the nearest available route from such child's home to
 5 school.
 6 2. Nothing herein shall prohibit the school district from reimbursing
 7 for costs incurred for contracts between the school district and any
 8 entity providing or contracting for such transportation service.
 9 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any
 10 expenditures for transportation provided pursuant to this section in the
 11 two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six school year and there-
 12 after and otherwise eligible for transportation aid pursuant to subdivi-
 13 sion seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this article shall be
 14 considered approved transportation expenses eligible for transportation
 15 aid.
 16 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contra-
 17 ry, in no event shall a school district, in order to comply with the
 18 requirements of this section, be required to incur any costs in excess
 19 of the amount eligible for transportation aid pursuant to subdivision
 20 four of this section. In the event such amount is insufficient, such
 21 school district shall provide transportation services within