New York S 3709: Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips

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S03709 Summary:

BILL NOS03709 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01735

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SPONSORLANZA

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Amd §305, Ed L

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Authorizes and directs the commissioner of education to develop guidelines for transportation of students on field trips.

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO EDUCATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3709

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 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 authorizing and
 directing the commissioner of education to develop guidelines for
 transportation of students on field trips

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

 1 Section 1. Section 305 of the education law is amended by adding a new
 2 subdivision 57 to read as follows:
 3 57. The commissioner is authorized and directed to develop guidelines
 4 for the transportation of pupils attending school in the boroughs of the
 5 Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island to the location of
 6 field trips during and outside of school hours on school buses owned or
 7 leased by school districts located in such boroughs. Notwithstanding
 8 any provision to the contrary, such transportation shall be provided to
 9 locations within twenty miles outside of the boundaries of the boroughs
 10 of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island and to any
 11 location within the county in which the school district is located.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03667-01-5

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