NY Educ L § 1501-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 31 - School Districts 1501-B - Additional Power of Boards of Education.

§ 1501-b. Additional  power  of  boards of education.  1. The board of education of any school district is hereby authorized and  empowered  to rent or lease for such consideration as may be determined by such board, a  motor  vehicle  or  vehicles  owned by the respective school district during any time when such vehicle or vehicles are  not  needed  for  the transportation  of  such  children,  which  are  otherwise  used for the transportation of the school children of such district to:  (a) any senior citizens center or organization that is recognized  and funded by the office for the aging;  (b) any non-profit incorporated organization serving senior citizens;  (c) any non-profit incorporated organization serving the physically or mentally handicapped;  (d)  any  not-for-profit  organization that provides recreation, youth services, or the operation of  playgrounds  or  neighborhood  recreation centers;  (e)  any municipal corporation, as defined in the general construction law;  (f) any not-for-profit organization providing transportation  services in   rural  counties  as  defined  in  section  seventy-three-c  of  the transportation law for children participating in the agricultural  child care program authorized by the agriculture and markets law; and  (g)  an  operator  of  a coordinated public transportation service, as defined by section seventy-three-c of the transportation  law,  for  the purpose  of  providing  a portion of a coordinated public transportation service plan as authorized by article two-F of the transportation law.  (h) any not-for-profit organization, community based organization,  or educational  or  employment and training agency which provides education or employment and training services for youths and  adults  in  a  rural county, as defined by section seventy-three-c of the transportation law.  (i) any fire company as defined in subdivision two of section three of the  volunteer  firefighters'  benefit  law,  or an ambulance company as defined in subdivision two of section three of the  volunteer  ambulance workers' benefit law.   2.  In the event a school district is wholly or partially located in a county which has appointed a services coordinator as defined in  section seventy-three-c  of  the  transportation  law, the board of education of such school district is authorized and empowered to contract,  for  such consideration  as  it shall determine, to store, maintain and repair any motor vehicle of and provide driver training for  the  operator  of  any motor  vehicle  used  to  provide  a  portion  of  a  coordinated public transportation  service  as  authorized  by   article   two-F   of   the transportation  law and owned by any municipal corporation as defined by the  general  construction  law  or  any   not-for-profit   incorporated organization  providing a portion of a coordinated public transportation services plan as authorized by article two-F of the transportation  law. The board of education of such school district shall not enter into such contract until it is determined that it presently has the capability and facilities  necessary  for provision of such services and that provision of such services will not adversely affect the ability of  the  district to provide educational services to the children of such school district.   3.  The  board  of education of any school district is also authorized and empowered to contract with  an  operator  of  a  coordinated  public transportation service for the purpose of providing any other portion of a  coordinated  public  transportation  services  plan  as authorized by article two-F of the transportation law, provided  that  such  board  of education  of  such school district has determined that it presently has the capability and facilities necessary for provision of  such  services and  that  provision  of  such  services  will  not adversely affect the  ability of the district to provide educational services  to  the  school children of such district.   4.  In  any  case  where  such  motor  vehicle  is  leased pursuant to subdivision one of this section or where any services are contracted for pursuant to subdivision two or three of this section, the  consideration to  be  received  for  such lease or contract shall not be less than the full amount of the costs and  expenses  resulting  from  such  lease  or contract.  (a) For the purposes of this section, the full amount of the costs and expenses resulting from any lease of any vehicle pursuant to subdivision one  of  this  section  shall include but not be limited to the costs of operation, maintenance and repair of  such  vehicle,  the  current  fair market  value  of  the  purchase price of the vehicle annualized for the vehicle's remaining useful  life,  the  cost  of  public  liability  and property  damage insurance, fire insurance and compensation insurance of drivers and the cost of collision insurance in the amount of  the  value of the vehicle to protect the lessor.  (b) For the purposes of this section, the full amount of the costs and expenses   resulting   from   any  contract  for  services  pursuant  to subdivision two or three of  this  section  shall  include  but  not  be limited  to  that  portion  of  the costs of any employees, equipment or facilities which can be attributed to the provision of such services.