2006 New York Code - Passengers On School Buses.

 
    § 1502. Passengers  on  school buses. 1. Boards of education of school
  districts located entirely or partially in any county with less than two
  hundred thousand population or any town which has a population  of  less
  than  one hundred fifty persons per square mile are hereby authorized to
  permit the following persons to ride as passengers on school buses  with
  pupils:  residents  who  are enrolled in education or training programs,
  including,  but  not  limited  to,   alternative   education   programs,
  vocational,  apprenticeship  and  job  training programs, and on-the-job
  training; children under the age of five traveling between home and  day
  care  or  preschool programs; and employees of school districts or other
  educational or training institutions.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to  the  contrary,  the
  board  of education of any school district located entirely or partially
  in any county with less than two hundred thousand population or any town
  which has a population of less than one hundred fifty persons per square
  mile is hereby  authorized  and  empowered,  in  order  to  protect  the
  interests  of  pupils,  to  adopt  rules and regulations under which any
  person would be permitted to ride as a passenger on any school bus  that
  provides  pupil  transportation  for such district during the hours such
  bus is transporting pupils to and from classes providing:
    a. such person makes application to the school district, in accordance
  with the rules and regulations of the district, and such application  is
  approved by the board of education;
    b.  there  is  regularly sufficient space on such school bus to permit
  all pupils to be seated while such bus is in operation;
    c. any amount charged such person does not  exceed  the  cost  to  the
  district for transporting a pupil the same distance.
    3.  Any  rules  and  regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of
  this section may, among other things, establish the  maximum  number  of
  persons other than pupils that may ride any bus.
    4. Any person authorized in subdivision one of this section to ride as
  a  passenger  on  school  buses  with pupils, may also ride on buses not
  owned by the school district  but  used  for  transportation  of  pupils
  pursuant  to contract, provided the school district and the owner of the
  bus agree upon any amount to be charged such person. Such agreement  may
  include an amount to be paid to the bus owner or school district.
    5.  In  the  event  any  person  is authorized to ride on school buses
  pursuant to the provisions of this section, the  school  district  shall
  maintain  records  indicating  the number of such trips and any revenues
  collected  therefrom.   Any   funds   collected   for   such   non-pupil
  transportation  as  authorized  by  this section shall be credited to an
  account so designated.