New York S 6940: Relates to extending the exclusion of indebtedness contracted for sewage facilities

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S06940 Summary:

BILL NOS06940 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORLANZA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§1604, 1709, 2503 & 2554, Ed L

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Relates to certain contracts regarding bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants.

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BILL NOS06940 

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6940

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. LANZA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to certain contracts
 regarding bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants

 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. With respect to any
 15 contract entered into under this subdivision, the district shall abide
 16 by the terms contained in any collectively bargained agreement applica-
 17 ble to bus drivers and drivers' assistants entered into by the contract-
 18 ing entity governing disciplinary actions against bus drivers and driv-
 19 ers' assistants employed by such contracting entity prior to the
 20 district imposing or implementing an adverse disciplinary action against
 21 such driver or drivers' assistant.
 22 § 2. Subdivision 27 of section 1709 of the education law, as amended
 23 by chapter 737 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 24 27. To contract with any person, corporation or other school district
 25 for the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when author-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10697-01-5

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 1 ized to do so under subdivision nineteen of section two thousand twen-
 2 ty-one of this chapter, by vote of the inhabitants of the district enti-
 3 tled to vote, or to contract for the operation, maintenance and garaging
 4 of motor vehicles owned by the district, in accordance with such rules
 5 and regulations as such board of education may establish, consistent
 6 with the regulations of the commissioner. Upon authorization by a school
 7 district meeting, every such contract of transportation may be made for
 8 a period not exceeding five years, notwithstanding any provision of any
 9 other law inconsistent herewith. With respect to any contract entered
 10 into under this subdivision, the district shall abide by the terms
 11 contained in any collectively bargained agreement applicable to bus
 12 drivers and drivers' assistants entered into by the contracting entity
 13 governing disciplinary actions against bus drivers and drivers' assist-
 14 ants employed by such contracting entity, prior to the district imposing
 15 or implementing an adverse disciplinary action against such driver or
 16 drivers' assistant.
 17 § 3. Subdivision 12 of section 2503 of the education law, as amended
 18 by chapter 171 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 19 12. Shall provide by contract or otherwise for the transportation of
 20 children to and from any school or institution of learni