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A03434 Summary:

BILL NOA03434 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSRSayegh, DeStefano

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1229-d, V & T L

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Requires school bus drivers and attendants who ride with children attending preschool special education programs to complete training in the needs of such children.

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BILL NOA03434 

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01/27/2025referred to transportation

01/07/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 3434

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to requiring
 school bus drivers and school bus attendants who ride with children
 attending preschool special education programs to complete training in
 the needs of such children

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 2 of section 1229-d of the vehicle and
 2 traffic law, subdivision 1 as added by chapter 675 of the laws of 1985
 3 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 164 of the laws of 2003, are
 4 amended to read as follows:
 5 (1) "School bus attendant" shall mean a person employed or authorized
 6 by a school district or county providing transportation to a "preschool
 7 child" pursuant to paragraph i of subdivision one of section forty-four
 8 hundred ten of the education law to ride on a school bus as defined in
 9 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of section five hundred nine-a of this
 10 chapter for the purpose of maintaining order or rendering assistance to
 11 pupils with special needs.
 12 (2) Screening of applicants for position of school bus attendant (a) a
 13 school district, pursuant to a policy statement or resolution adopted by
 14 such district, may review the qualifications of every applicant for the
 15 position of school bus attendant on school buses operated by or under
 16 contract to the district and determine at its discretion whether the
 17 applicant is suitable for qualification. In such cases, applicants may
 18 be made the subject of a criminal history check. Upon receipt of the
 19 fingerprints forwarded to them by such school district, the division of
 20 criminal justice services shall forward to such school district the
 21 criminal history review. A fee not to exceed the cost for the criminal
 22 history review shall be charged by the division of criminal justice

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06214-01-5

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 1 services. Such fingerprints also may be submitted to the federal bureau
 2 of investigation for a national criminal history record check.
 3 (b) In determining the qualifications of school bus attendants, a
 4 school district or a county may use the criteria listed in subdivision
 5 two of section five hundred nine-cc of this chapter relative to criminal
 6 convictions.
 7 (c) All inquiries made, and the use of any criminal record obtained,
 8 pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with section two hundred
 9 ninety-six of the executive law. In addition, the secondary dissem-
 10 ination of such information shall be limited to other authorized agen-
 11 cies, by express agreement between the school district and the division
 12 of criminal justice services, or as authorized pursuant to federal law,
 13 and rules and regulations. No cause of action against the school
 14 district, county or division of criminal justice services for damages
 15 related to the dissemination of criminal history records pursuant to
 16 this section shall exist when the school district, county or division of
 17 criminal justice services has reasonably and in good faith relied upon
 18 the accuracy and completeness of criminal history information furnished
 19 to it by qualified agencies.
 20 (d) In determining the qualifications of school bus attendants, a
 21 county providing transportation to a "prescho