What's happening
This bill allows New York school districts to purchase and install GPS tracking devices on school buses as an approved expense.
Why it matters
Improves Student Safety and Accountability. By allowing districts to use funds for GPS tracking, schools can monitor bus locations in real-time, helping to quickly respond to emergencies or delays and ensuring students are accounted for during transit.
Supports Efficiency and Cost Savings. GPS data can be used to optimize bus routes, reduce fuel consumption, and potentially lower transportation costs by identifying inefficiencies or unnecessary mileage.
Enhances Communication with Parents and Authorities. Real-time tracking enables schools to provide accurate updates to parents about bus arrivals and departures, and assists law enforcement or first responders if a bus goes missing or is involved in an incident.
Modernizes School Bus Fleets. The bill aligns school transportation with modern technology trends, potentially paving the way for further innovations in student safety and fleet management.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
209
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 4, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to authorizing the purchase and installation of global positioning system devices for school buses
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 3623-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 453 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
c. The purchase of equipment deemed a proper school district expense, including: (i) the purchase of two-way radios to be used on old and new school buses, (ii) the purchase of stop-arms, to be used on old and new school buses, (iii) the purchase and installation of seat safety belts on school buses in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-six hundred thirty-five-a of this article, (iv) the purchase of school bus back up beepers, (v) the purchase of school bus front crossing arms, (vi) the purchase of school bus safety sensor devices, (vii) the purchase and installation of exterior reflective marking on school buses, (viii) the purchase of automatic engine fire extinguishing systems for school buses used to transport students who use wheelchairs or other assistive mobility devices, [and] (ix) the purchase and installation of devices and equipment to be used for tracking and monitoring school buses and school bus performance that are based in global positioning system or similar technology, and (x) the purchase of other equipment as prescribed in the regulations of the commissioner; and
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02170-01-7
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