New York S 9946: Establishes the New York state transportation modernization grant program and the transportation modernization advisory committee; appropriation

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Establishes the New York state transportation modernization grant program and the transportation modernization advisory committee to provide awards to certain entities for the development of public school transportation.

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04/16/2026REFERRED TO FINANCE

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 9946

 IN SENATE

 April 16, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to establishing the New
 York state transportation modernization grant program and the trans-
 portation modernization advisory committee; and making an appropri-
 ation therefor

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

 1 Section 1. Article 73 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 part 3-A to read as follows:
 3 PART III-A
 4 NEW YORK STATE TRANSPORTATION MODERNIZATION GRANT PROGRAM
 5 Section 3639. Definitions.
 6 3639-a. New York state transportation modernization grant
 7 program.
 8 3639-b. Transportation modernization advisory committee.
 9 3639-c. Application process.
 10 3639-d. Reporting requirements.
 11 § 3639. Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following
 12 terms shall have the following meanings:
 13 1. "Charter school" shall mean a charter school established pursuant
 14 to article fifty-six of this chapter.
 15 2. "Eligible entity" shall mean a county, city, town, public school
 16 district, charter school, child day care as such term is defined by
 17 section three hundred ninety of the social services law, board of coop-
 18 erative educational services, non-profit organization, or any other
 19 entity deemed eligible by the advisory committee.
 20 3. "New York state transportation modernization grant program" or
 21 "grant program" shall mean the New York state transportation moderniza-
 22 tion grant program established in section thirty-six hundred thirty-
 23 nine-a of this part.
 24 4. "Parent" shall mean a person in parental relation to a child, as
 25 that term is defined by subdivision ten of section two of this chapter.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15578-01-6

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 1 5. "Transportation modernization advisory committee" or "advisory
 2 committee" shall mean the transportation modernization advisory commit-
 3 tee established in section thirty-six hundred thirty-nine-b of this
 4 part.
 5 6. "Upstate New York" shall mean all counties within the state other
 6 than Bronx, Queens, Kings, New York, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk and West-
 7 chester.
 8 § 3639-a. New York state transportation modernization grant program.
 9 1. There is hereby established in the department, the New York state
 10 transportation modernization grant program to improve the efficiency,
 11 accessibility and reliability of student transportation services in
 12 upstate New York.
 13 2. (a) The parent of a student in upstate New York may apply to the
 14 advisory committee to participate in the grant program for monthly
 15 transportation grants not to exceed eighty dollars a month, except as
 16 otherwise provided by paragraph (b) of this subdivision, if the follow-
 17 ing conditions are met:
 18 (i) The parent's child or children attend either:
 19 (A) a public school; or
 20 (B) a charter school; and
 21 (ii) The parent either:
 22 (A) has an annual household income equal to or less than three hundred
 23 percent of the federal poverty level, as adjusted annually for household
 24 size and expressed in equivalent annual salary thresholds; or
 25 (B) lives within fifteen miles of the school district boundary of the
 26 selected school in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, but transporta-
 27 tion is not available to such parent's child pursuant to section