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NY A06276

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Patrick Carroll

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Authorizes Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) to enter into agreements with counties, cities, towns, or villages for the installation and operation of school bus photo violation monitoring systems

  • Extends existing school bus stop-arm camera demonstration program authority to include BOCES-owned and BOCES-contracted school buses, not just individual school district buses

  • Requires participating municipalities to bear all costs of installation, maintenance, and use of the camera systems, with BOCES certifying costs by September 1st and municipalities paying by December 1st each year

  • Prohibits BOCES from accessing photographs, videos, or data from the monitoring systems; information must be forwarded to municipalities solely for determining traffic violations

  • Specifies that camera system costs are not considered an aidable expense for state aid purposes under education law

Legislative Description

Allows boards of cooperative educational services to install school bus stop sign cameras.

Last Action

referred to education

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Education3/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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