NY Educ L § 3623 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys Part 2 - Aidable Transportation Expense 3623 - School Buses.

§  3623.  School  buses.   1. a. The commissioner of transportation in   consultation with the commissioner shall adopt, promulgate  and  enforce   rules,  standards  and  specifications  regulating  and  controlling the   efficiency and equipment of school buses used to transport pupils,  with   particular  regard  to the safety and convenience of such pupils and the   suitability and adaptability of such school buses to the requirements of   the school district.   No school bus shall  be  purchased  by  a  school   district  or  used  for the transportation of pupils unless and until it   has been approved by the commissioner  of  transportation  as  complying   with the rules, standards and specifications relating thereto.b.   No   bus  manufactured  after  January  first,  nineteen  hundred   seventy-four shall be used to transport pupils under any contract with a   school district or board of cooperative educational services  unless  it   has  been  similarly  approved  by  the  commissioner of transportation,   except that no such  approval  shall  be  required  for  buses  used  to   transport  pupils  and  also  used  to  serve the general public under a   certificate of public convenience for  the  operation  of  a  bus  line,   granted  pursuant  to  the  transportation  law  or  for  buses  used to   transport pupils, teachers and other persons  acting  in  a  supervisory   capacity to and from school activities and which bus does not receive or   discharge  passengers  on  or  along  the  public  highways on regularly   scheduled routes and is operating under a permit as a  contract  carrier   of  passengers  granted  pursuant  to  the  transportation law or by the   interstate commerce commission.  School buses manufactured or  assembled   prior  to April first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven may not be used to   transport pupils, teachers and other persons  acting  in  a  supervisory   capacity to and from school activities.c. The commissioner shall establish and provide for the enforcement of   rules  and  regulations  requiring instruction on the use of seat safety   belts  as  specified  in  subdivision  five  of  section  three  hundred   eighty-three  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law and section thirty-six   hundred thirty-five-a of this  chapter,  drills  in  safe  boarding  and   exiting  procedures  and  emergency drills to be conducted on all school   buses and shall  emphasize  specific  hazards  encountered  by  children   during  snow,  ice,  rain  and  other inclement weather. All such drills   shall include instruction in the importance of orderly  conduct  by  all   school  bus passengers.   A minimum of three such drills shall be had on   each school bus during the school year, the first to be conducted during   the first seven days of session of the fall term.2. The commissioner shall, after public hearing, promulgate rules  and   regulations requiring drills on school buses for those pupils who do not   participate  in such drills required by subdivision one of this section,   and the commissioner may provide  by  such  rules  and  regulations  for   instructional   alternatives   to   carry   out  the  purposes  of  this   subdivision.