2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 5 - Taxation and Financial Administration › Article 73 - Apportionment of Public Moneys › Part 5 - Comprehensive School Bus Driver Safety Training Program › 3650 - Comprehensive School Bus Driver Safety Training Program.

§  3650.  Comprehensive  school bus driver safety training program. 1.
  The commissioner, in consultation with the  state  comprehensive  school
  bus  driver  safety training council and subject to appropriation by the
  legislature, shall:
a. Develop a  uniform  and  comprehensive  school  bus  driver  safety
  training  program  for  school  bus drivers transporting students to and
  from school by school bus  including  instruction  to  such  school  bus
  drivers  concerning  the  latest  safety  techniques  using  the  latest
  instructional materials.
b. Include within the  safety  training  program  the  development  of
  curriculum  and  training materials including a school bus driver safety
  training manual.
c. Develop and conduct  professional  development  school  bus  driver
  safety training seminars statewide.
d.  Establish  and  maintain  a  data base containing data relative to
  school bus accidents and fatalities reported within the state.
e. Engage  the  services  of  consultants  on  a  contract  basis  for
  rendering professional and tactical assistance.
f.  Award  and  distribute  grants,  following  appropriation  by  the
  legislature which appropriation may include  funds  of  the  school  bus
  motorist education fund established pursuant to section eighty-nine-j of
  the  state  finance  law,  for the study of issues involving the illegal
  passing of stopped school buses, the development of proposals to  reduce
  the  number  of  motorists  passing school buses in violation of section
  eleven hundred seventy-four of the  vehicle  and  traffic  law,  and  to
  promote school bus safety.
2.  The  commissioner, in consultation with the justice center for the
  protection of people with special  needs,  shall  promulgate  rules  and
  regulations  requiring  every  school  bus driver operating a school bus
  which has or will have  one  or  more  students  with  a  disability  as
  passengers   to   receive  training  and  instruction  relating  to  the
  understanding of, and attention to, the special needs of such  students.
  Such  training  and  instruction  may  be included with the training and
  instruction required pursuant to paragraph a of subdivision one of  this
  section  and shall be provided at least once per year or more frequently
  as determined  by  the  commissioner  in  consultation  with  the  state
  comprehensive  school  bus  driver  safety  training  council.  For  the
  purposes of this subdivision, the term "student with a disability" shall
  have the same meaning as such term is  defined  in  subdivision  one  of
  section forty-four hundred one of this chapter. Any person employed as a
  school  bus driver on January first, two thousand nine who is subject to
  the provisions of this subdivision shall comply with the requirements of
  this subdivision by July first, two thousand nine. Any school bus driver
  hired after January first, two thousand  nine  who  is  subject  to  the
  requirements  of  this  subdivision  shall  complete  such  training and
  instruction prior to assuming his or her duties.