What's happening
This bill makes the cost of transporting universal pre-kindergarten students eligible for state aid in New York.
Why it matters
Expanding transportation aid to pre-K students helps remove a financial barrier for school districts. , making it more feasible for them to offer or expand universal pre-kindergarten programs, especially in districts where transportation costs are a major obstacle.
Including pre-K students as "allowable pupils" for state transportation aid puts them on par with older students. , signaling a policy shift that treats early childhood education as a core part of the public education system, potentially encouraging more families to participate.
This change particularly benefits low-income and rural families, who may struggle to get young children to and from pre-K programs without bus service. , thus supporting greater equity in access to early education.
By providing state aid for these transportation costs, the bill could help standardize pre-K access statewide. , rather than leaving it up to local districts’ budgets or parental resources, which can vary widely.
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Universal Pre-K Bus Service
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Sponsors
32 Co-sponsors
- Donna Lupardo
- Ellen C. Jaffee
- Aileen Gunther
- William Magnarelli
- William Colton
- Albert A. Stirpe
- Steven Otis
- Michael Montesano
- Andrew Raia
- Joseph Giglio
- Thomas Abinanti
- Felix Ortiz
- Barbara Lifton
- Kenneth Zebrowski
- Phil Steck
- Walter T. Mosley
- John T. McDonald III
- Inez E. Dickens
- Billy Jones
- Jo Anne Simon
- Michaelle C. Solages
- Richard Gottfried
- William Magee
- Sandy Galef
- Clifford Crouch
- Mary Beth Walsh
- Edward Ra
- Michael Blake
- Jose Rivera
- Charles Barron
- Rebecca Seawright
- Addie Jenne
History
- Print number 1762b
- Amend and recommit to education
- Referred to education
- Print number 1762a
- Amend (t) and recommit to education
- Referred to education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Fund Universal Pre-K Busing
In Senate Committee · Education · Sponsor Kathleen A. Marchione
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1762--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 13, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, MAGNARELLI, COLTON, STIRPE, OTIS, MONTESANO, RAIA, GIGLIO, ABINANTI, ORTIZ, LIFTON, ZEBROWSKI, STECK, MOSLEY, McDONALD, DICKENS, JONES, SIMON, SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED, MAGEE, GALEF, CROUCH, WALSH, RA, BLAKE,… Show allHide
Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, LUPARDO, JAFFEE, GUNTHER, MAGNARELLI, COLTON, STIRPE, OTIS, MONTESANO, RAIA, GIGLIO, ABINANTI, ORTIZ, LIFTON, ZEBROWSKI, STECK, MOSLEY, McDONALD, DICKENS, JONES, SIMON, SOLAGES, GOTTFRIED, MAGEE, GALEF, CROUCH, WALSH, RA, BLAKE, RIVERA, BARRON, SEAWRIGHT, JENNE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ABBATE, DAVILA, ENGLEBRIGHT, HOOPER, McDONOUGH, PERRY, SKARTADOS, THIELE -read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Education in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to universal pre-kindergarten school bus transportation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph g of subdivision 1 of section 3635 of the education law, as added by chapter 244 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the trustees or board of education of any school district may, in its discretion, provide transportation for students attending a universal pre-kindergarten program in addition to transportation funded by such program or transportation for students attending another district sponsored or district-run pre-kindergarten program, within mileage limits established by the school district; if provided such transportation shall be offered equally to all children in like circumstances residing in the district. The cost of providing such transportation shall be a charge upon the district [and]; provided that for purposes of subdivision seven of section thirty-six hundred two of this [chapter] article,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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such pupils shall be considered [non] allowable pupils and the costs of their transportation shall [not] be aidable.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to the 2019--2020 school year and all school years commencing thereafter.
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