Int. No. 451
By Council Member Dromm
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 bill of rights
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subchapter 1 of chapter 2 of title 3 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 3-209.3 to read as follows:
§ 3-209.3 School bus bill of rights. a. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Department. The term "department" means the department of education.
School. The term "school" means any public school in the city of New York under the jurisdiction of the department of education that contains any combination of grades from and including kindergarten through grade twelve.
School bus. The term "school bus" means any vehicle of the designation "Type A bus," "Type B bus," "Type C bus," or "Type D bus," as set forth in subdivisions x, y, z, and aa of section 720.1 of title 17 of New York codes, rules and regulations.
b. The department shall develop, and update annually thereafter, written materials containing plain language information regarding the rights and responsibilities of pupils using school bus service. At a minimum the materials shall include:
1. Information for pupils using general pupil transportation services, and
2. Information for pupils using special education pupil transportation services.
c. Such materials shall be produced and distributed by the department to each school for distribution, annually, to every pupil who uses school bus service, and such materials shall be made available in English and in additional languages as determined by the department.
d. The department shall ensure that such written materials are available in the main or central office in each school and that such materials are available on the department's website for pupils and parents who wish to obtain such materials.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.
GZ/JJD
LS 4398
1/16/2018