Relates to providing transportation after four o'clock

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Sam Sutton says this is needed

Section 3627 of the education law provides critical transportation support to nonpublic school students whose school day ends after 4:00 pm. Currently, the NYCDOE is required to reimburse students in grades K-6, who attend school from 9:30 AM (or earlier) for regularly scheduled academic classes through 4:00 PM or later. Schools operate or contract for bus services and are reimbursed for actual costs incurred, per student, per day. The current program caps the reimbursement rate to $16/student/day. By contrast, NYC expenditures on its own contracted bus service is $34/student/day. In the 2025/26 State budget, annual increases in the aid cap for this program were tied to the consumer price index. While these changes will annually raise the aid cap to meet the program's growth, there is still concern that the increase in the cap will not be used to raise the reim- bursable transportation cost per student. This proposed legislation will require NYCDOE to use any additional funding to increase the severely substandard reimbursement rate. FISCAL IMPACT: None

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.