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A08094 Summary:

BILL NOA08094 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBenedetto

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Amd §§1604, 1709, 2503 & 2554, Ed L

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Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants.

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BILL NOA08094 

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04/28/2025referred to education

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8094

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 28, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to contracts regarding
 bus drivers and bus driver's 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. Regarding any
 15 district wholly within the counties of Westchester, Putnam, Nassau and
 16 Suffolk and with respect to any contract entered into under this subdi-
 17 vision, such district shall abide by the terms contained in any collec-
 18 tively bargained agreement applicable to bus drivers and driver's
 19 assistants entered into by the contracting entity governing disciplinary
 20 actions against bus drivers and driver's assistants employed by such
 21 contracting entity prior to the district imposing or implementing an
 22 adverse disciplinary action against such driver or driver's assistant,
 23 unless the superintendent of the district certifies that the act or
 24 omission of such driver or driver's assistant, if true, constituted
 25 egregious misconduct that created a clear and present danger to the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11789-01-5

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 1 safety and welfare of any child in their care. When such a certification
 2 is made by a superintendent, and notwithstanding procedures set forth in
 3 any contract regarding grievances against a bus driver or driver's
 4 assistant, an expedited fact-finding process shall be completed within
 5 five business days from the day of the alleged wrongdoing by such bus
 6 driver or driver's assistant. Any driver or driver's assistant who shall
 7 incur a diminution in wages after the commencement of an expedited proc-
 8 ess authorized by this subdivision, shall, if the superintendent deter-
 9 mination is improper or if such driver or driver's assistant is exoner-
 10 ated of commission of the underlying wrongdoing, be entitled to punitive
 11 damages in an amount to be determined by such finder of fact.
 12 § 2. Subdivision 27 of section 1709 of the education law, as amended
 13 by chapter 737 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as follows:
 14 27. To contract with any person, corporation or other school district
 15 for the conveyance of pupils residing within the district, when author-
 16 ized to do so under subdivision nineteen of section two thousand twen-
 17 ty-one of this chapter, by vote of the inhabitants of the district enti-
 18 tled to vote, or to contract for the operation, maintenance and garaging
 19 of motor vehicles ow