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History
- Signed chap.424
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.459
- Substituted for A10184
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Ordered to third reading cal.1416
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to judiciary
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Relates to contracts for transportation of children in the county and city of New York
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Daniel O'Donnell
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S7189 REVISED 05/02/12
Title of bill
An act to amend the family court act, in relation to contracts for the transportation of children
Summary of provisions of bill
This proposal amends Section 236 of the Family Court Act to enable the City of New York to award contracts for transportation of pre-kindergarten and early intervention children through a request for proposals process.
The references to the board of education of the city school district are to the definition included in section 2590-B(1) of the Education Law as amended by Chapter 91 of the Laws of 2002.
Justification
For many years the New York City Department of Transportation has procured and administered contracts for the transportation of pre-school special education children and developmentally delayed infants and toddlers under the Early Intervention Program.
Several years ago, the City made the determination to move these contracts to the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (known in the City as the Department of Education or DOE), which already provides transportation to a much larger student population. The transfer was made to draw on DOE's expertise in this area, thereby enhancing the performance of this critical function. This proposal facilitated the unification of bus service under one department.
A similar version of this legislation was passed by both houses of the legislature in 2011 and subsequently vetoed by the Governor. A3127-A of 2011 was designed to allow the DOE to award these contracts through a request for proposal process and would have required the RFP's to include certain employee protection provisions.
This bill removes the employee protection provisions requirement and would simply allow the DOE to award these contracts through a request for proposal process. Currently, these contracts are awarded through a request for bid process.
Legislative history
Similar to S.1368-A of 2011
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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