The New York City Council - File #: Int 0929-2018

• File #: Int 0929-2018
• Version: B
• Name: Reporting by the DOE of complaints and investigations relating to school bus transportation services.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/23/2018
• In control: Committee on Education
• On agenda: 5/23/2018
• Final action: 2/9/2019
• Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting by the department of education of complaints and investigations relating to school bus transportation services
• Sponsors: Joseph C. Borelli, Robert F. Holden, Carlina Rivera , Ben Kallos, Kalman Yeger , Inez D. Barron, Stephen T. Levin, Deborah L. Rose, Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Justin L. Brannan, Diana I. Ayala, James G. Van Bramer, I. Daneek Miller
• Indexes: Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/12/2019	B	City Council	Returned Unsigned by Mayor
2/9/2019	B	Administration	City Charter Rule Adopted
1/9/2019	B	City Council	Sent to Mayor by Council
1/9/2019	B	City Council	Approved by Council	Pass
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amendment Proposed by Comm
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amendment Proposed by Comm
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amended by Committee
1/9/2019	*	Committee on Education	Amended by Committee
1/9/2019	B	Committee on Education	Approved by Committee	Pass
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Hearing Held by Committee
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Laid Over by Committee
10/16/2018	*	Committee on Education	Laid Over by Committee
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
5/23/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 929-B

By Council Members Borelli, Holden, Rivera, Kallos, Yeger, Barron, Levin, Rose, Ampry-Samuel, Brannan, Ayala, Van Bramer and Miller

Title
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to reporting by the department of education of complaints and investigations relating to school bus transportation services
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Chapter 26 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by a local law for the year 2019 amending the administrative code of the city of New York in relation to requiring the department of education to report on school bus transportation services, as proposed in introduction number 1173-B, is amended by adding a new section 21-995 to read as follows:
? 21-995 Reporting on office of pupil transportation investigations. a. Beginning October 31, 2019, and on or before each April 30 and October 31 thereafter, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on the department's website a report for the relevant reporting period, including:
1. The total number of calls from authorized parents and guardians received by the department about school bus transportation services, disaggregated by the nature of such calls;
2. The total number of complaints from authorized parents and guardians received by the department about an employee of a school bus vendor, disaggregated by vendor, the nature of such complaint, whether such complaint led to a departmental determination of misconduct, and a description of the actions taken by the department for each complaint; and

3. The total number of investigations of employees of school bus vendors opened by the department, including following a complaint by an authorized parent or guardian and any other source of information that may lead to such investigation; the number of investigations in which the department found that an employee of...