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Senator · Senate District 5
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- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to education
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Relates to school district shared transportation services
In Assembly Committee · Education · Sponsor Catherine Nolan
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Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to school district shared transportation services; and to provide for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
Purpose
To provide an incentive for school districts to share pupil transportation and reduce costs.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends Section 3602 of the education law is amended by adding a new paragraph f to subdivision seven.
Section 2 gives effective date.
Justification
Currently, school districts receive state transportation aid for students they transport to educational programs based on their approved eligible expenses. There is little incentive for school districts to reduce costs through sharing transportation among school districts because the more they spend the more aid they get. This is especially true for low wealth districts that are aided up to 90 percent of aidable costs.
This bill would provide, beginning with the 2016-17 school year, an incentive for all school districts that share pupil transportation with other districts, calculated as 10 percent of the revenue received from the other district for the shared transportation. It is expected that savings will accrue to the State of more than ten times the amount of the incentive.
Consider an example in which two low-wealth school districts share pupil transportation to a nonpublic school. Their costs are essentially cut in half because they use one bus, one driver, etc. instead of two. District A provides the transportation and District B pays District A $11,410 for its per-pupil share of the expense. Under this proposal the State would pay district A $1,141 for providing the shared transportation; District B would benefit from the reduced cost. Both districts would also save from the sharing ($6,844) and the state would save the most ($61,596$1.141 incentive or $60,455). That is, a modest investment in a savings incentive would produce reduced expenses and large savings.
Legislative history
New Bill
Fiscal implications
The bill will save money for both the state and school districts.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed three years thereafter.
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