 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1991
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 17, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. HEVESI -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Education
 
        AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to school bus seating
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 3635-d
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3635-d. School bus seating. Where practicable, the youngest children
     4  shall be seated in the front of the school bus and the  oldest  children
     5  seated  in  the  rear of the school bus. Additionally, any children with
     6  disabilities or disorders that  result  in  communication  difficulties,
     7  shall be seated in the front of the school bus closest to the driver.
     8    §  2.  This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding
     9  the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02646-01-7
Relates to school bus seating

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