Int 1099-2018
Requiring the placement of communication devices and tracking devices on school buses.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Educationintroduced 2018-09-12Local Law 2019/032
Enacted as Local Law 2019/032.
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Agenda: 2018-09-12Passed: 2019-02-09Enacted: 2019-02-09
Summary
This bill would require each school bus used to transport students to and from schools pursuant to a contract with the Department of Education (DOE) to be equipped with a two-way radio or other communication device allowing communication with the operator of the school bus. This bill would also require each bus used to transport students to and from schools pursuant to a contract with the DOE to be equipped a GPS a tracking device, and requires authorized parents and guardians to have access to the real time location of their child’s school bus whenever it is in use.
Committee on Education — Department of Education, School Construction Authority, and charter schools.
How it compares
28% of similar bills passed
14 passed · 36 died
This bill: 118 days in committee
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Sponsors (23)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-09-12 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-09-12 · City Council
ActionRe-referred to Committee by Council
2018-09-18 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2018-10-16 · Committee on Education
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2018-10-16 · Committee on Education
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-01-09 · Committee on Education
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-01-09 · Committee on Education
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-01-09 · Committee on Education
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-01-09 · Committee on Education
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-01-09 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-01-09 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-02-09 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-02-12 · City Council
Votes (19)
Aye (17)
Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.Rafael Salamanca, Jr.Mark TreygerAlicka Ampry-Samuel Inez D. BarronJoseph C. BorelliJustin L. BrannanAndrew CohenChaim M. DeutschDaniel Dromm Barry S. GrodenchikBen KallosBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinMark LevineYdanis A. RodriguezDeborah L. Rose
Absent (1)
Andy L. King
Excused (1)
Eric A. Ulrich
Heard at (4)
City Council · 2019-01-09 · 12:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Education · 2019-01-09 · 10:00 AM · Committee Room - City Hall
Committee on Education · 2018-10-16 · 1:00 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
City Council · 2018-09-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (19)
- Summary of Int. No. 1099-A
- Summary of Int. No. 1099
- Int. No. 1099
- September 12, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 09-12-2018
- Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 12, 2018
- Committee Report 10/16/18
- Hearing Testimony 10/16/18
- Hearing Transcript 10/16/18
- Proposed Int. No. 1099-A - 12/26/18
- Committee Report 1/9/19
- Hearing Transcript 1/9/19
- January 9, 2019 - Charter Meeting with Links to Files
- Hearing Transcript - Charter Meeting 1-9-19
- Minutes of the Charter Meeting - January 9, 2019
- Int. No. 1099-A (FINAL)
- Fiscal Impact Statement
- Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor
- Local Law 32
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 6 of title 19 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding new sections 19-608 and 19-609 to read as follows:
� 19-608 Communication devices on school buses. a. Any bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to or from schools pursuant to a contract between a school bus vendor and the department of education shall, at all times that students are present on such vehicle, be equipped with an operational two-way radio or other authorized communication device capable of allowing communication with the driver of such vehicle.
b. The department of education shall promulgate rules regarding the safe usage of such communication devices.
� 19-609 Global positioning systems on school buses. a. For purposes of this section, the term "GPS" means a global positioning system, or a comparable location tracking technology, that uses navigational satellites to determine a user's location and velocity in real time.
b. Any bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to or from schools pursuant to a contract between a school bus vendor and the department of education shall, at all times that students are present on such vehicle, be equipped with a GPS tracking device.
c. A GPS tracking device installed on any bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to or from schools shall be operational at all times such vehicle is in use pursuant to the contract.
d. GPS data regarding the real time location and velocity of the bus or other motor vehicle used to transport students to or from schools shall be made available electronically to the department, as well as to authorized parents or guardians of students who are being transported by such bus or other motor vehicle.
e. Records created by any such GPS tracking devices shall be maintained in an electronic database.
f. No information that is otherwise required to be reported or be made available electronically pursuant to this section shall be reported or be made available electronically in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law related to the privacy of information or that would interfere with law enforcement investigations or otherwise conflict with the interests of law enforcement.
� 2. This local law takes effect the first day of the 2019-2020 school year.
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