New York S 1495: Relates to school aid for transportation of children attending a universal pre-kindergarten program; repealer

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S01495 Summary:

BILL NOS01495A

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Amd §§3622-a, 3635, 3635-b & 3623-a, rpld §3635 sub 1 ¶g, Ed L

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Relates to application of certain school aid funds towards transportation of children attending a universal pre-kindergarten program.

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BILL NOS01495A

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

05/19/2026AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

05/19/2026PRINT NUMBER 1495A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1495--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. FAHY, SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- recom-
 mitted 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 school aid for trans-
 portation of children attending a universal pre-kindergarten program;
 and to repeal paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the
 education law, relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3622-a of the education law, as
 2 added by chapter 474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
 3 1. Transportation of pupils to and from school once daily, including
 4 children attending a universal pre-kindergarten program pursuant to
 5 section thirty-six hundred two-e of this article, provided, however, in
 6 no case shall there be any deduction made in determining aidable regular
 7 transportation on the basis of bus mileage travelled in transporting
 8 children as part of a regional or joint transportation system;
 9 § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the education
 10 law, as amended by section 11 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of
 11 2011, is amended to read as follows:
 12 a. Sufficient transportation facilities (including the operation and
 13 maintenance of motor vehicles) shall be provided by the school district
 14 for all the children residing within the school district to and from the
 15 school they legally attend, who are in need of such transportation
 16 because of the remoteness of the school to the child or for the
 17 promotion of the best interest of such children. Such transportation
 18 shall be provided for all children attending grades kindergarten through
 19 eight who live more than two miles from the school which they legally
 20 attend and for all children attending grades nine through twelve who

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03510-03-6

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 1 live more than three miles from the school which they legally attend and
 2 shall be provided for each such child up to a distance of fifteen miles,
 3 the distances in each case being measured by the nearest available route
 4 from home to school. Such transportation may be provided to children
 5 attending a universal pre-kindergarten program pursuant to section thir-
 6 ty-six hundred two-e of this article. The cost of providing such trans-
 7 portation between two or three miles, as the case may be, and fifteen
 8 miles shall be considered for the purposes of this chapter to be a
 9 charge upon the district and an ordinary contingent expense of the
 10 district. Transportation for a lesser distance than two miles in the
 11 case of children attending a universal pre-kindergarten program pursuant
 12 to section thirty-six hundred two-e of this article or grades kindergar-
 13 ten through eight or three miles in the case of children attending
 14 grades nine through twelve and for a greater distance than fifteen miles
 15 may be provided by the district with the approval of the qualified
 16 voters, and, if provided, shall be offered equally to all children in
 17 like circumstances residing in the distr