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NY Educ L § 3609-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 1 - General Provisions 3609-G - Moneys Apportioned to School Districts for Reimbursement of Article Twenty-Three of the Tax Law Payments Commencing in the 2009-2010 School Year.

§  3609-g. Moneys apportioned to school districts for reimbursement of article twenty-three of the tax law payments commencing in the 2009-2010 school year. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, school districts shall be  reimbursed  for  payments  made  pursuant  to article twenty-three of the tax law pursuant to this section.   1.  Definition.  As  used  in this section the following term shall be defined as  follows:  "School  district"  shall  mean  a  public  school district  and shall not include a special act school district as defined in section four thousand one of this chapter.   2. Prescribed payments. On or after the first business day of June  of each  school  year,  commencing  June  first, two thousand ten, a school district shall be paid an amount equal to one  hundred  percent  of  the payments  made  by  a school district on or after May first of the prior school year and before May first of  the  current  school  year  to  the commissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to article twenty-three of the  tax  law. No payment may be made pursuant to this subdivision until such amount for each school district is certified by the commissioner of taxation  and  finance  and  transmitted  to  the   commissioner.   Such certification  shall  be  made  on  or  before May thirty-first so as to facilitate payments to be made pursuant to this section.   3. (a) Moneys paid pursuant to this section shall be  payable  to  the treasurer  of each city school district, and the treasurer of each union free school district and of each central school  district  and  of  each other  school  district,  if  there  be  a  treasurer,  otherwise to the collector or other disbursing officer of such district, who shall  apply for and receive the same as soon as payable.  (b)  In  the  case  of  city  school  districts of the cities with one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants  or  more,  any  payment  which pursuant  to this section is required to be made to the treasurer of the city  school  district,  shall  be  made  to  the  city   treasurer   or chamberlain.   4.  Any payment to a school district pursuant to this section shall be general receipts of the district and may be used for any lawful  purpose of the district.   5.  It  is the intent of the governor to submit and the legislature to enact for each fiscal year after the two thousand nine--two thousand ten fiscal year in an annual budget bill an appropriation in the  amount  to be paid to school districts pursuant to this section.
NY Educ L § 3609-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 1 - General Provisions 3609-H - Moneys Apportioned to School Districts for Commercial Gaming Grants Pursuant to Subdivision Six of Section Ninety-Seven-Nnnn of the State Finance Law, When and How Payable Commencing July First, Two Thousand Fourteen.

§ 3609-h. Moneys apportioned to school districts for commercial gaming   grants  pursuant  to subdivision six of section ninety-seven-nnnn of the   state finance law, when and  how  payable  commencing  July  first,  two   thousand  fourteen. Notwithstanding the provisions of section thirty-six   hundred  nine-a  of  this  part,  apportionments  payable  pursuant   to   subdivision  six  of  section ninety-seven-nnnn of the state finance law   shall be paid pursuant to this section. The definitions of  "base  year"   and "current year" as set forth in subdivision one of section thirty-six   hundred two of this part shall apply to this section.1.  The  moneys  apportioned  by  the commissioner to school districts   pursuant to subdivision six of section ninety-seven-nnnn  of  the  state   finance  law  for  the two thousand fourteen-two thousand fifteen school   year and thereafter shall be paid  as  a  commercial  gaming  grant,  as   computed pursuant to such subdivision, as follows:a.  For  the  two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen school year,   one hundred percent of such grant shall be paid on the same date as  the   payment  computed  pursuant  to  clause  (v)  of  subparagraph  three of   paragraph b of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred  nine-a  of   this article.b.  For  the  two  thousand  fifteen--two thousand sixteen school year   through the two thousand eighteen--two thousand  nineteen  school  year,   seventy  percent  of  such  grant  shall be paid on the same date as the   payment computed pursuant  to  clause  (ii)  of  subparagraph  three  of   paragraph  b  of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred nine-a of   this article, and thirty percent of such grant shall be paid on the same   date as the payment computed pursuant  to  clause  (v)  of  subparagraph   three  of  paragraph  b of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred   nine-a of this article.c. For the two thousand nineteen--two thousand twenty school year  and   thereafter,  one hundred percent of such grant shall be paid on the same   date as the payment computed pursuant to  clause  (ii)  of  subparagraph   three  of  paragraph  b of subdivision one of section thirty-six hundred   nine-a of this article.2. Any payment to a school district pursuant to this section shall  be   general  receipts of the district and may be used for any lawful purpose   of the district.
NY Educ L § 3620 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 2 - Aidable Transportation Expense 3620 - Application.

§ 3620. Application.    Part two of this article applies to all school   districts which receive a quota for the transportation of pupils.  It is   not intended by any provision in part two of this article to  change  or   modify  in  any  manner  the  provisions  of  this chapter providing and   granting transportation to all children irrespective of the school  they   legally attend.
NY Educ L § 3622 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 2 - Aidable Transportation Expense 3622 - Routes.

§  3622.  Routes.  The  board of education or trustees shall plan each   school transportation route, as defined in subdivision three of  section   thirty-six  hundred  twenty-one  of  this  article, in such manner as to   promote maximum efficiency in the operation of  a  school  bus  on  such   route.  Whenever  practicable  each  route  shall  be planned to operate   within the boundary of a school district. If any  or  all  pupils  of  a   school  district  receive  instruction in a school or schools beyond the   boundary of such district, the board shall plan a route or routes beyond   the boundary of such district to such school or schools for such pupils.
NY Educ L § 3624 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 2 - Aidable Transportation Expense 3624 - Drivers, Monitors and Attendants.

§ 3624. Drivers,  monitors  and  attendants.  The  commissioner  shall   determine  and  define  the  qualifications  of  drivers,  monitors  and   attendants  and  shall  make  the  rules  and  regulations governing the   operation of all transportation facilities used by  pupils  which  rules   and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, a maximum speed of   fifty-five   miles  per  hour  for  school  vehicles  engaged  in  pupil   transportation  that  are  operated  on  roads,  interstates  or   other   highways, parkways or bridges or portions thereof that have posted speed   limits  in excess of fifty-five miles per hour, prohibitions relating to   smoking, eating and drinking and any and all other acts or conduct which   would  otherwise  impair  the  safe  operation  of  such  transportation   facilities  while  actually  being used for the transport of pupils. The   employment of each driver, monitor and attendant shall  be  approved  by   the  chief school administrator of a school district for each school bus   operated within his or her district. For the purpose of determining  his   or  her  physical  fitness,  each  driver,  monitor and attendant may be   examined on order of the chief school administrator by a  duly  licensed   physician  within  two  weeks  prior to the beginning of service in each   school year as a school bus driver, monitor or attendant. The report  of   the  physician,  in  writing,  shall  be  considered by the chief school   administrator in determining the fitness of the  driver  to  operate  or   continue  to operate any transportation facilities used by pupils and in   determining the fitness of any monitor or attendant to carry out his  or   her functions on such transportation facilities. Nothing in this section   shall  prohibit a school district from imposing a more restrictive speed   limit policy for the operation  of  school  vehicles  engaged  in  pupil   transportation   than   the   speed  limit  policy  established  by  the   commissioner.
NY Educ L § 3626 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 2 - Aidable Transportation Expense 3626 - Data for Administration.

§  3626.  Data  for  administration.  The commissioner may require the   clerk of the board of education or the trustee of  any  school  district   entitled to transportation aid to file any data deemed necessary for the   proper  and  efficient administration of this part and subdivision seven   of section thirty-six hundred two of this article.
NY Educ L § 3628 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 2 - Aidable Transportation Expense 3628 - Excess Expenditures.

§  3628.  Excess expenditures. Unless otherwise provided in this part,   any  expenditure  for  transportation  in  excess   of   the   allowable   transportation expense as determined according to the provisions of this   part  shall  not  be used in determining the amount of any other form of   state aid.
NY Educ L § 3635-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 3 - Transportation Services 3635-A - Safety Belt Usage.

§ 3635-a. Safety  belt  usage.    1.  A board of education or board of   trustees may, in its discretion, following  a  public  hearing  for  the   purpose  of  determining  whether a resolution shall be adopted, provide   for the use of seat safety belts on such  school  buses,  in  accordance   with  regulations  and  standards  established by the commissioner under   subdivision one of  section  thirty-six  hundred  thirty-eight  of  this   chapter.2.  Such  public  hearing,  conducted upon reasonable notice, shall be   held to consider: (a) whether the district  shall  install  seat  safety   belts  on  buses  purchased and/or contracted for prior to the effective   date of this section and require their use; (b) when  such  installation   shall  be  provided,  and  (c) whether use of seat safety belts shall be   required on all school buses within the district  so  equipped  after  a   date to be determined by the board of education or board of trustees.3.  Such  hearings  shall  consider  the  effect  of seat safety belts   installation on the total number of students that can be transported  on   such buses.4. Within twenty days after the public hearing, the board of education   or  board of trustees shall, by resolution, determine whether to require   installation and use of seat safety belts on some or all school buses.5. This section shall apply only to vehicles owned or leased by school   districts and  nonpublic  schools,  and  to  vehicles  used  to  perform   contracts  with  such  school  districts  and  nonpublic schools for the   purpose of transporting school children for hire.6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to impose  a  duty  upon   boards  of  education or boards of trustees to provide seat safety belts   on school buses purchased or contracted for prior to the effective  date   of  this  section, nor shall any board of education or board of trustees   be held liable for failure to provide seat safety belts pursuant to this   section. A school board member or trustee shall have immunity  from  any   civil  or criminal liability that might otherwise be incurred or imposed   as a result of the provisions of this section provided that such  person   shall have acted in good faith. For the purpose of any proceeding, civil   or criminal, the good faith of any such person shall be presumed.7.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to school districts   which are using safety belts on school buses or have installed  or  have   contracted  for  the  installation  of  seat  safety  belts prior to the   effective date of this section.
NY Educ L § 3635-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 3 - Transportation Services 3635-C - Standing Passengers Prohibited.

§  3635-c.  Standing  passengers prohibited. Standing passengers shall   not be carried on school buses  owned  by  or  contracted  to  a  school   district   while   such   vehicles  are  employed  exclusively  for  the   transportation of pupils under the age of twenty-one  and  teachers  and   other  persons  acting  in  a  supervisory capacity to or from school or   school activities, except as provided in subdivision one or two of  this   section:1.  Standing passengers may be permitted on such a school bus provided   that the number  of  standing  passengers  does  not  exceed  the  limit   established in the following schedule for the applicable time period:Period:                             Not more than:   Through June 30, 2001                 20% of approved seating capacity   Between July 1, 2001 and              15% of approved seating capacity    June 30, 2002   Between July 1, 2002 and              10% of approved seating capacity    June 30, 2003   Between July 1, 2003 and              5% of approved seating capacity    June 30, 20042.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this  section  to  the   contrary, standing passengers may be permitted without limitation as  to   number  during the first ten days of session in each school year, and in   circumstances  where  a  breakdown,  accident,   or   other   unforeseen   occurrence necessitates the transportation of standing passengers.3.  Nothing  contained  in this section shall be construed to restrict   the power of a city with a population of one million or  more  to  adopt   and  enforce local laws that comply with at least the minimum applicable   standards set forth in this section.
NY Educ L § 3636 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 3 - Transportation Services 3636 - Passage of School Buses Across Railroad Crossings.

§ 3636. Passage  of  school  buses  across  railroad  crossings. 1. No   school bus transporting  pupils  between  home  and  school  or  between   schools  which such pupils regularly attend either within or outside the   district which operates or contracts for the operation of such  bus,  or   transporting  pupils  for  any purpose within such district, shall cross   railroad tracks at grade except at a guarded railroad  crossing,  unless   the  governing  body  of  the  school district which operates the bus or   contracts for the operation of the bus shall have adopted, at a  regular   meeting  after  a public hearing thereon, a resolution by which it shall   have determined that the use of a route which would avoid  an  unguarded   railroad crossing by the school bus would be impracticable.A  copy  of  any resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of this   section shall  be  filed  with  the  department  of  education  and  the   department  of transportation at their respective offices in the city of   Albany.2. For the purpose of this section, a guarded railroad crossing  shall   be defined as follows:a.  Any railroad crossing having automatic electrically operated gates   that meet the specifications for such gates in the rules and regulations   promulgated by the department of transporation.b. Any railroad crossing where a member  of  the  approaching  train's   crew disembarks from the train which has stopped before the crossing and   positions  himself  at  the  crossing  to  halt  traffic while the train   passes. Such  procedure  must  be  in  accordance  with  the  rules  and   regulations promulgated by the department of transportation.c.  Any  railroad  crossing  protected  by an automatic warning signal   which  meets  the  specifications  in  the  rules  and  regulations   as   promulgated by the department of transportation.d. Any railroad crossing protected by one or more persons serving as a   railroad crossing guard.3.  Each  school  district shall prepare and maintain a map indicating   the intersection with any unguarded railroad crossing of each route used   by a school bus transporting students to and from school  either  within   or  outside  the  district,  or for any purpose within the district, and   shall make such map available for inspection  by  any  resident  of  the   district at a place designated by the governing body of the district.4.   The  commissioner  of  education  shall  have  the  authority  to   promulgate such regulations as he shall deem  appropriate  to  implement   the provisions of this section.
NY Educ L § 3637 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 3 - Transportation Services 3637 - Idling School Buses on School Grounds.

* §  3637. Idling school buses on school grounds. 1. On or before July   first, two thousand eight, the commissioner shall promulgate regulations   requiring school districts to minimize, to the extent  practicable,  the   idling  of  the  engine  of  any  school  bus, as defined in section one   hundred forty-two of the vehicle and traffic  law,  and  other  vehicles   owned  or  leased  by  the  school district while such bus or vehicle is   parked or standing on school grounds, or in front of  any  school.  Such   regulations   shall   apply   to  school  districts  identified  by  the   commissioner, in consultation with the  department  of  health,  with  a   significant  number  of  children  with  asthma  and  those other school   districts deemed by the commissioner as appropriate.2.  Such  regulations  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to,   a   requirement  that  the engines of all school buses and vehicles owned or   leased by the school district be turned off while waiting for passengers   to load or off load on  school  grounds.  When  necessary  for  heating,   mechanical  or emergency circumstances, the regulations may allow idling   to the extent necessary to achieve such purpose. Provided, however, that   such regulations shall not conflict with  applicable  state  regulations   and local laws.3. School districts shall be required to annually provide their school   personnel  with  notice  of  the  provisions  of  this  section, and the   regulations promulgated pursuant to this section  by  the  commissioner.   The  commissioner  shall  provide  such  notice  for school districts to   disseminate.* NB Repealed June 30, 2024
NY Educ L § 3640 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 4 - Special Apportionments and Grants-in-Aid 3640 - Application.

§ 3640. Application.    Part  IV  of  this  article shall apply to the   apportionment of public moneys for certain  special  apportionments  and   grants-in-aid  to  school  districts that are payable to the special aid   fund of the school district, and  for  certain  grants-in-aid  to  other   entities.
NY Educ L § 3641-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 4 - Special Apportionments and Grants-in-Aid 3641-A - Excelsior Scholars Program for Grade Seven Mathematics and Science Students.

§  3641-a.  Excelsior scholars program for grade seven mathematics and   science students. The commissioner shall establish an excelsior scholars   program for grade seven mathematics and  science  students  pursuant  to   this  section  and  regulations  of  the  commissioner  adopted for such   purpose.  Within  the  amounts  appropriated  for  this   purpose,   the   commissioner  shall  award  grants  on a competitive basis to public and   independent colleges and universities to conduct  summer  programs  that   shall provide advanced coursework in mathematics and science to students   designated   as   excelsior   scholars   and,  as  funds  permit,  other   high-performing students who have completed seventh grade.1. Each year, the commissioner shall identify  up  to  three  thousand   high  performing  seventh grade students in mathematics and science from   students nominated by each public middle  school,  junior  high  school,   intermediate  school  or  junior/senior  high  school,  or  kindergarten   through secondary school. The commissioner by regulation shall prescribe   the maximum number of students that may be  nominated  by  each  school,   which  may  vary  based  on  the size of the school, which shall include   equal  numbers  of  male  and  female  students.  After  review  by  the   commissioner,  qualified students shall be certified to the governor for   recognition as an excelsior scholar.2. The commissioner shall conduct a competitive  process  under  which   financial  grants are awarded to each college and university approved to   provide appropriate advanced coursework to  excelsior  scholars  in  the   summer  months,  subject  to  the availability of funds appropriated for   such purpose.3. The regulations of the commissioner shall provide for  coordination   of  the  program with the seven centers for excellence in technology and   the programs offered by such centers, to the extent practicable.
NY Educ L § 3641-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 4 - Special Apportionments and Grants-in-Aid 3641-B - Grants for Summer Institutes for Mathematics and Science Teachers.

§  3641-b.  Grants  for  summer institutes for mathematics and science   teachers. The commissioner shall establish a  program  of  competitively   awarded  grants  within  the  amount  appropriated  for such purpose, to   public  and  independent  colleges  and  universities  offering  teacher   education  programs,  in  partnership  with school districts, to conduct   summer institutes for teachers of science and mathematics in grades five   through eight in  middle  schools,  junior  high  schools,  intermediate   schools or junior/senior high schools with priority given as practicable   to  teachers  in schools identified as schools in need of improvement or   in corrective action or restructuring status, schools under registration   review or schools requiring academic progress.  Such  summer  institutes   shall  be  designed  to  advance  the  content knowledge and pedagogy of   participating science and mathematics teachers and shall, to the  extent   practicable,   be  aligned  and  integrated  with  programs  offered  to   excelsior scholars pursuant to section thirty-six hundred forty-one-a of   this article. Teachers shall be  selected  for  participation  by  their   building principal.