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A00450 Summary:

BILL NOA00450
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORSolages
 
COSPNSRLavine
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §305, Ed L
 
Eliminates the requirement that when the board of education enters into a piggyback contract with another school district that transports students pursuant to a contract with a private transportation contractor, the board finds that the entry into the piggyback contract will result in a cost savings to the school district.
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A00450 Actions:

BILL NOA00450
 
01/08/2025referred to education
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A00450 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A450
 
SPONSOR: Solages
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to piggyback bus trans- portation contracts   PURPOSE: To address the school bus shortage by allowing for buses to pick up students from other districts.   SUMMARY: Section 1. Establishes the title of the bill. Section 2. Amends Paragraph g of subdivision 14 of section 305 of the education law, as added by section 12-a of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019. Section 3. Sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: New York State is facing a school bus driver shortage. This is causing disruptions in the transportation system that is so vital in getting our students to and from school on time. However, NYS law prohibits school districts from entering into "piggy- back" agreements unless there is a cost savings. Piggyback agreements allow for buses to pick up students that may be on their route, but are not necessarily students of the school district that the bus company is in a contract with. Minor costs should not get in the way of providing our children with the safe and timely transportation that they need. This bill will bolster our school bus system by eliminating the section of the law that prevents these agreements from coming into effect.   SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: TBD.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2023-24: A5925; referred to education.   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: TBD.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law.
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A00450 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           450
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, LAVINE -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to piggyback  bus  trans-
          portation contracts
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "school bus
     2  route efficiency act".
     3    § 2.  Paragraph g of subdivision 14 of section 305  of  the  education
     4  law,  as  added by section 12-a of part YYY of chapter 59 of the laws of
     5  2019, is amended to read as follows:
     6    g. Notwithstanding the provisions of  this  subdivision,  section  one
     7  hundred  three  of  the general municipal law, or any other provision of
     8  law to the contrary, the board of education shall be authorized to enter
     9  into a piggyback contract with another school district  that  transports
    10  students  pursuant  to a contract with a private transportation contrac-
    11  tor, provided that the board finds that the contract cost is appropriate
    12  [and entry into a piggyback contract will result in a  cost  savings  to
    13  the  school  district].  For  purposes  of  this paragraph, a "piggyback
    14  contract" means a contract for the transportation of students that:  (1)
    15  provides  transportation  for  one school district to a location outside
    16  the students' school district of  residence  [to  which  another  school
    17  district is already providing transportation to its own students through
    18  an  existing  contract  with  a private transportation contractor, other
    19  than a cooperatively bid  contract];  (2)  provides  transportation  for
    20  another  school  district  for  its  own  students to the same or nearby
    21  locations through a contract with a private  transportation  contractor;
    22  (3)  is  entered  into by the private transportation contractor and each
    23  school district involved; and [(3)]  (4) provides for transportation  in
    24  accordance  with the terms and conditions of such [existing] transporta-
    25  tion contract.
    26    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
    27  the date upon which it shall have become a law.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02177-01-5
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