Int. No. 451-B

By Council Members Dromm, Rivera, Kallos, Barron, Levin, Rose, Ampry-Samuel, Brannan, Ayala, Holden, Van Bramer and Miller

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to the creation and distribution of a school bus ridership guide

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

Section 1. Chapter 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law for the year 2019 amending the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to requiring the department of education to report on school bus transportation services, as proposed in introduction number 1173-B, is amended by adding a new section 21-997 to read as follows:

§ 21-997 School bus ridership guide. a. No later than 15 days before the start of each school year, the department shall provide to students and authorized parents and guardians, in hard copy and electronically, plain language information relating to:

1. The eligibility for school bus transportation services for general education students, the services to be expected by general education students who receive school bus transportation services and such students’ authorized parents and guardians, and the responsibilities of students who receive general education school bus transportation services and such students’ authorized parents and guardians;

2. The eligibility for school bus transportation services for special education students, the services to be expected by special education students who receive school bus transportation services and such students’ authorized parents and guardians, and the responsibilities of students who receive special education school bus transportation services and such students’ authorized parents and guardians;

3. The eligibility for school bus transportation services for students in temporary housing living in shelters, students in temporary housing living anywhere other than shelters, and students in foster care, the expectations of such students and such students’ authorized parents and guardians, and the responsibilities of such students and such students’ authorized parents and guardians; and

4. Responses to common questions of authorized parents and guardians relating to school bus transportation services.

b. Such materials shall be made available on the department’s website in English and in each of the designated citywide languages as defined in section 23-1101. 

§ 2. This local law takes effect on the same date as a local law amending the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to requiring the department of education to report on school bus transportation services, as proposed in introduction number 1173-B for the year 2018, takes effect.

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12/31/18 11:23pm