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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lawson, Archambault, Coyne, Seveney, Quezada, Miller, | |
Date Introduced: March 18, 2021 | |
Referred To: Senate Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 16-21-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-21 entitled "Health and |
2 | Safety of Pupils" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 16-21-1. Transportation of public and private school pupils. |
4 | (a) The school committee of any town or city shall provide suitable transportation, that may |
5 | include, but is not limited to, pupil transportation vehicles as defined in § 31-22.1-1, to and from |
6 | school for pupils attending public and private schools of elementary and high school grades, except |
7 | private schools that are operated for profit, who reside so far from the public or private school that |
8 | the pupil attends as to make the pupil's regular attendance at school impractical and for any pupil |
9 | whose regular attendance would otherwise be impracticable on account of physical disability or |
10 | infirmity. |
11 | (1) The school committee of any town or city using a pupil transportation vehicle as defined |
12 | in § 31-22.1-1 shall comply with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, notwithstanding |
13 | the provisions of § 31-22.1-3(6). |
14 | (b) For transportation provided to children enrolled in grades kindergarten through five (5), |
15 | school bus monitors, other than the school bus driver, shall be required on all school-bound and |
16 | home-bound routes. Variances to the requirement for a school bus monitor may be granted by the |
17 | commissioner of elementary and secondary education if he or she finds that an alternative plan |
18 | provides substantially equivalent safety for children. For the purposes of this section a "school bus |
19 | monitor" means any person sixteen (16) years of age or older. |
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1 | (c) No school committee shall negotiate, extend, or renew any transportation contract |
2 | unless such contract enables the district to participate in the statewide transportation system, |
3 | without penalty to the district, upon implementation of the statewide transportation system |
4 | described in §§ 16-21.1-7 [repealed] and 16-21.1-8. Notice of the implementation of the statewide |
5 | transportation system for in-district transportation shall be provided in writing by the department |
6 | of elementary and secondary education to the superintendent of each district upon implementation. |
7 | Upon implementation of the statewide system of transportation for all students, each school |
8 | committee shall purchase transportation services for its own resident students by accessing the |
9 | statewide system on a fee-for-service basis for each student; provided, however, that any school |
10 | committee that fulfills its transportation obligations primarily through the use of district-owned |
11 | buses or district employees may continue to do so. Variances to the requirement for the purchase |
12 | of transportation services through the statewide transportation system for non-public and non- |
13 | shared routes may be granted by the commissioner of elementary and secondary education if the |
14 | commissioner finds that an alternative system is more cost effective. All fees paid for transportation |
15 | services provided to students under the statewide system shall be paid into a statewide student |
16 | transportation services restricted receipt account within the department of elementary and |
17 | secondary education. Payments from the account shall be limited to payments to the transportation |
18 | service provider and transportation system consultants. This restricted receipt account shall not be |
19 | subject to the indirect cost recoveries provisions set forth in § 35-4-27. |
20 | (d) No school committee shall negotiate, extend, or renew any school transportation service |
21 | contract unless the contract provides for payments to school bus drivers, attendants, monitors and |
22 | aids for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the contracted-for school year, |
23 | whichever is longer. |
24 | (e) With respect to any contract entered into under this section, a school committee or local |
25 | education agency shall give a preference in contract and/or subcontract awards to the public |
26 | transportation provider that uses electric buses to the greatest extent. This preference shall be given |
27 | equal weight to any other preferences available to vendors. |
28 | (f) With respect to any contract entered into under this section, no school committee or |
29 | local education agency ("LEA") shall take any adverse disciplinary action against any school bus |
30 | driver, attendant, monitor or aid covered by a collective bargaining agreement prior to any |
31 | investigation or action taken by the contracting entity as provided for in the collective bargaining |
32 | agreement. Nor shall the school committee or LEA impose discipline in excess of what is provided |
33 | for in the governing collective bargaining agreement. |
34 | SECTION 2. Section 16-21.1-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 16-21.1 entitled |
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1 | "Transportation of School Pupils Beyond City and Town Limits [See Title 16 Chapter 97 - The |
2 | Rhode Island Board of Education Act]" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 16-21.1-8. Statewide transportation system for all students. |
4 | (a) Notwithstanding the regional structure created in this chapter, and upon implementation |
5 | of a statewide school transportation system for all students, each school committee shall purchase |
6 | the transportation services for their own resident students by accessing this integrated statewide |
7 | system of transportation on a fee-for-service basis for each child; provided, however, that any |
8 | school committee that fulfills its transportation obligations predominantly through the use of |
9 | district-owned buses or district employees may apply for a variance from the commissioner of |
10 | education, or the commissioner's designee, thereby requesting that its transportation obligations |
11 | continue to be achieved through the use of the buses owned by the district and staffed by district |
12 | employees. All fees paid for transportation services provided to students under the statewide system |
13 | shall be paid into a statewide student transportation services restricted receipt account within the |
14 | department of elementary and secondary education. Payments from the account shall be limited to |
15 | payments to the transportation service provider and transportation system consultants. This |
16 | restricted receipt account shall not be subject to the indirect cost recoveries provisions set forth in |
17 | § 35-4-27. The goals of the statewide system of transportation for all students shall be the reduction |
18 | of duplication of cost and routes in transporting children from the various cities and towns using |
19 | different buses within and between each city and town, the improvement of services to children |
20 | through the development of shorter ride times and more efficient routes of travel, and the reduction |
21 | of cost to local school committees through achieving efficiency in eliminating the need for each |
22 | school district to contract for and provide these transportation services separately. |
23 | (b) There shall be deducted from the final aid payment to each school district any amounts |
24 | owed to the state at the end of the fiscal year for transportation of the district's students under the |
25 | statewide transportation system established pursuant to this section. Districts shall receive monthly |
26 | invoices summarizing the basis of the transportation fees charged. Any such deductions in aid shall |
27 | be transferred to the statewide student transportation services restricted receipt account, as set forth |
28 | in R.I.G.L. § 35-4-27. |
29 | (c) No school committee shall negotiate, extend, or renew any public transportation service |
30 | contract unless the contract provides for payments to school bus drivers, attendants, monitors and |
31 | aids for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the contracted-for school year, |
32 | whichever is longer. |
33 | (d) With respect to any contract entered into under this section, a school committee or local |
34 | education agency shall give a preference in contract and/or subcontract awards to the public |
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1 | transportation provider that uses electric buses to the greatest extent. This preference shall be given |
2 | equal weight to any other preferences available to vendors. |
3 | (e) With respect to any contract entered into under this section, no school committee or |
4 | local education agency ("LEA") shall take any adverse disciplinary action against any school bus |
5 | driver, attendant, monitor or aid covered by a collective bargaining agreement prior to any |
6 | investigation or action taken by the contracting entity as provided for in the collective bargaining |
7 | agreement. Nor shall the school committee or LEA impose discipline in excess of what is provided |
8 | for in the governing collective bargaining agreement. |
9 | SECTION 3. Sections 37-13-1, 37-13-3.1, 37-13-6, 37-13-7, 37-13-8, 37-13-9, 37-13-11, |
10 | 37-13-12, 37-13-13, 37-13-13.1 and 37-13-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 37-13 entitled "Labor |
11 | and Payment of Debts by Contractors" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
12 | 37-13-1. "Public works" defined. Definitions. |
13 | As used in this chapter: |
14 | (1) "Public works" as used in this chapter shall mean means any public work consisting of |
15 | grading, clearing, demolition, improvement, completion, repair, alteration, or construction of any |
16 | public road or any bridge, or portion thereof, or any public building, or portion thereof, or any |
17 | heavy construction, or any public works projects of any nature or kind whatsoever. |
18 | (2) "School transportation services" means those transportation and related services |
19 | provided for the transportation of public and private students pursuant to §§ 16-21-1 and 16-21-8. |
20 | 37-13-3.1. State public works contract apprenticeship requirements. |
21 | Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, all general contractors and subcontractors who |
22 | perform work on any public works contract awarded by the state after passage of this act and valued |
23 | at one million dollars ($1,000,000) or more shall employ apprentices required for the performance |
24 | of the awarded contract. The number of apprentices shall comply with the apprentice-to- |
25 | journeyman ratio for each trade approved by the apprenticeship council of the department of labor |
26 | and training. To the extent that any of the provisions contained in this section conflict with the |
27 | requirements for federal aid contracts, federal law and regulations shall control. |
28 | The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts for school transportation services. |
29 | 37-13-6. Ascertainment of prevailing rate of wages and other payments -- |
30 | Specification of rate in call for bids and in contract. |
31 | Before awarding any contract for public works or school transportation services to be done, |
32 | the proper authority shall ascertain from the director of labor and training the general prevailing |
33 | rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the general prevailing payments on behalf |
34 | of employees only, to lawful welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and educational funds |
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1 | (payments to the funds must constitute an ordinary business expense deduction for federal income |
2 | tax purposes by contractors) in the city, town, village, or other appropriate political subdivision of |
3 | the state in which the work is to be performed, for each craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type |
4 | of worker needed to execute the contract for the public works or school transportation services. The |
5 | proper authority shall, also, specify in the call for bids for the contract and in the contract itself the |
6 | general prevailing rate of the regular, holiday, and overtime wages paid and the payments on behalf |
7 | of employees only, to the welfare, pension, vacation, apprentice training, and education funds |
8 | existing in the locality for each craft, mechanic, teamster, laborer, or type of worker needed to |
9 | execute the contract or work. |
10 | 37-13-7. Specification in contract of amount and frequency of payment of wages. |
11 | (a) Every call for bids for every contract in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), to |
12 | which the state of Rhode Island or any political subdivision thereof or any public agency or quasi- |
13 | public agency is a party, for the transportation of public and private school pupils pursuant to §§ |
14 | 16-21-1 and 16-21-8, or for construction, alteration, and/or repair, including painting and |
15 | decorating, of public buildings or public works of the state of Rhode Island or any political |
16 | subdivision thereof, or any public agency or quasi-public agency and which requires or involves |
17 | the employment of employees, shall contain a provision stating the minimum wages to be paid |
18 | various types of employees which shall be based upon the wages that will be determined by the |
19 | director of labor and training to be prevailing for the corresponding types of employees employed |
20 | on projects of a character similar to the contract work in the city, town, village, or other appropriate |
21 | political subdivision of the state of Rhode Island in which the work is to be performed. Every |
22 | contract shall contain a stipulation that the contractor or his or her subcontractor shall pay all the |
23 | employees employed directly upon the site of the work, unconditionally and not less often than |
24 | once a week, and without subsequent deduction or rebate on any account, the full amounts accrued |
25 | at time of payment computed at wage rates not less than those stated in the call for bids, regardless |
26 | of any contractual relationships which may be alleged to exist between the contractor or |
27 | subcontractor and the employees, and that the scale of wages to be paid shall be posted by the |
28 | contractor in a prominent and easily accessible place at the site of the work; and the further |
29 | stipulation that there may be withheld from the contractor so much of the accrued payments as may |
30 | be considered necessary to pay to the employees employed by the contractor, or any subcontractor |
31 | on the work, the difference between the rates of wages required by the contract to be paid the |
32 | employees on the work and the rates of wages received by the employees and not refunded to the |
33 | contractor, subcontractors, or their agents. |
34 | (b) The terms "wages," "scale of wages," "wage rates," "minimum wages," and "prevailing |
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1 | wages" shall include: |
2 | (1) The basic hourly rate of pay; and |
3 | (2) The amount of: |
4 | (i) The rate of contribution made by a contractor or subcontractor to a trustee or to a third |
5 | person pursuant to a fund, plan, or program; and |
6 | (ii) The rate of costs to the contractor, or subcontractor, vendor or provider which may be |
7 | reasonably anticipated in providing benefits to employees pursuant to an enforceable commitment |
8 | to carry out a financially responsible plan or program which was communicated in writing to the |
9 | employees affected, for medical or hospital care, pensions on retirement or death, compensation |
10 | for injuries or illness resulting from occupational activity, or insurance to provide any of the |
11 | foregoing, for unemployment benefits, life insurance, disability and sickness insurance, or accident |
12 | insurance, for vacation and holiday pay, for defraying costs of apprenticeship or other similar |
13 | programs, or for other bona fide fringe benefits, but only where the contractor or subcontractor is |
14 | not required by other federal, state, or local law to provide any of the benefits; provided, that the |
15 | obligation of a contractor or subcontractor to make payment in accordance with the prevailing wage |
16 | determinations of the director of labor and training insofar as this chapter of this title and other acts |
17 | incorporating this chapter of this title by reference are concerned may be discharged by the making |
18 | of payments in cash, by the making of contributions of a type referred to in subsection (b)(2), or by |
19 | the assumption of an enforceable commitment to bear the costs of a plan or program of a type |
20 | referred to in this subdivision, or any combination thereof, where the aggregate of any payments, |
21 | contributions, and costs is not less than the rate of pay described in subsection (b)(1) plus the |
22 | amount referred to in subsection (b)(2). |
23 | (c) The term "employees," as used in this section, shall include: |
24 | (1) employees Employees of contractors or subcontractors performing jobs on various |
25 | types of public works including mechanics, apprentices, teamsters, chauffeurs, and laborers |
26 | engaged in the transportation of gravel or fill to the site of public works, the removal and/or delivery |
27 | of gravel or fill or ready-mix concrete, sand, bituminous stone, or asphalt flowable fill from the site |
28 | of public works, or the transportation or removal of gravel or fill from one location to another on |
29 | the site of public works, and the employment of the employees shall be subject to the provisions of |
30 | subsections (a) and (b).; and |
31 | (2) Persons employed by a provider contracted for the purpose of transporting public and |
32 | private school pupils pursuant to §§ 16-21-1 and 16-21-8 shall be subject to the provisions of |
33 | subsections (a) and (b) of this section. For the purposes of this subsection the term employee |
34 | includes school bus drivers, aides and monitors who are directly providing transportation services, |
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1 | the term employee does not include mechanics, dispatchers or other personnel employed by the |
2 | vendor whose duties are normally performed at a fixed location. |
3 | (d) The terms "public agency" and "quasi-public agency" shall include, but not be limited |
4 | to, the Rhode Island industrial recreational building authority, the Rhode Island commerce |
5 | corporation, the Rhode Island airport corporation, the Rhode Island industrial facilities corporation, |
6 | the Rhode Island refunding bond authority, the Rhode Island housing and mortgage finance |
7 | corporation, the Rhode Island resource recovery corporation, the Rhode Island public transit |
8 | authority, the Rhode Island student loan authority, the water resources board corporate, the Rhode |
9 | Island health and education building corporation, the Rhode Island turnpike and bridge authority, |
10 | the Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission, Rhode Island |
11 | telecommunications authority, the convention center authority, the council on postsecondary |
12 | education, the council on elementary and secondary education, the capital center commission, the |
13 | housing resources commission, the Quonset Point-Davisville management corporation, the Rhode |
14 | Island children's crusade for higher education, the Rhode Island depositors economic protection |
15 | corporation, the Rhode Island lottery commission, the Rhode Island partnership for science and |
16 | technology, the Rhode Island public building authority, and the Rhode Island underground storage |
17 | tank board. |
18 | 37-13-8. Investigation and determination of prevailing wages -- Filing of schedule. |
19 | The director of labor and training shall investigate and determine the prevailing wages and |
20 | payments made to or on behalf of employees, as set forth in § 37-13-7, paid in the trade or |
21 | occupation in the city, town, village, or other appropriate political subdivision of the state and keep |
22 | a schedule on file in his or her office of the customary prevailing rate of wages and payments made |
23 | to or on behalf of the employees which shall be open to public inspection. In making a |
24 | determination, the director of labor may adopt and use such appropriate and applicable prevailing |
25 | wage rate determinations as have been made by the secretary of labor of the United States of |
26 | America in accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended, 40 U.S.C. § 276a; provided, |
27 | however, that each contractor awarded a public works or school transportation services contract |
28 | after July 1, 2007 shall contact the department of labor and training on or before July first of each |
29 | year, for the duration of such contract to ascertain the prevailing wage rate of wages on a hourly |
30 | basis and the amount of payment or contributions paid or payable on behalf of each mechanic, |
31 | laborer or worker employed upon the work contracted to be done each year and shall make any |
32 | necessary adjustments to such prevailing rate of wages and such payment or contributions paid or |
33 | payable on behalf of each such employee every July first. |
34 | 37-13-9. Statutory provisions included in contracts. |
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1 | A copy of §§ 37-13-5, 37-13-6, and 37-13-7 shall be inserted in all contracts for public |
2 | works or school transportation services awarded by the state, any city, town, committee, an |
3 | authorized agency, or awarding authority thereof, or any person or persons in their behalf in which |
4 | state or municipal funds are used if the contract price is in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000). |
5 | 37-13-11. Posting of prevailing wage rates. |
6 | Each contractor or provider awarded a contract for public works or school transportation |
7 | services with a contract price in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), and each subcontractor |
8 | who performs work on those public works, shall post in conspicuous places on the project, where |
9 | covered workers are employed, posters which contain the current, prevailing rate of wages and the |
10 | current, prevailing rate of payments to the funds required to be paid for each craft or type of worker |
11 | employed to execute the contract as set forth in §§ 37-13-6 and 37-13-7, and the rights and remedies |
12 | of any employee described in § 37-13-17 for nonpayment of any wages earned pursuant to this |
13 | chapter. Posters shall be furnished to contractors and subcontractors by the director of labor and |
14 | training, who shall determine the size and context thereof from time to time, at the time a contract |
15 | is awarded. A contractor or subcontractor who fails to comply with the provisions of this section |
16 | shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall pay to the director of labor and training one |
17 | hundred dollars ($100) for each calendar day of noncompliance as determined by him or her. |
18 | Contracts set forth in this section shall not be awarded by the state, any city, town, or any agency |
19 | thereof until the director of labor and training has prepared and delivered the posters to the division |
20 | of purchases, if the state or any agency thereof is the proper authority, or to the city, town, or an |
21 | agency thereof, if it is the proper authority, and the contractor to whom the contract is to be |
22 | awarded. |
23 | 37-13-12. Wage records of contractors. Wage records of contractors and vendors. |
24 | Each contractor, vendor or provider awarded a contract with a contract price in excess of |
25 | one thousand dollars ($1,000) for public works or school transportation services, and each |
26 | subcontractor who performs work on those public works, shall keep an accurate record showing |
27 | the name, occupation, and actual wages paid to each worker employed by him or her and the |
28 | payments to all the employee funds specified in §§ 37-13-6 and 37-13-7 by him or her in connection |
29 | with the contract or work. The director and his or her authorized representatives shall have the right |
30 | to enter any place of employment at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting the wage |
31 | records and seeing that all provisions of this chapter are complied with. |
32 | 37-13-13. Furnishing payroll record to the awarding authority. |
33 | (a) Every contractor and, subcontractor, vendor or provider awarded a contract for public |
34 | works or school transportation services as defined by this chapter shall furnish a certified copy of |
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1 | his or her payroll records of his or her employees employed on the project to the awarding authority |
2 | on a monthly basis for all work completed in the preceding month on a uniform form prescribed by |
3 | the director of labor and training. Notwithstanding the foregoing, certified payrolls for department |
4 | of transportation public works may be submitted on the federal payroll form, provided that, when |
5 | a complaint is being investigated, the director or his or her designee may require that a contractor |
6 | resubmit the certified payroll on the uniform department form. |
7 | (b) Awarding authorities, contractors and subcontractors, vendors and providers shall |
8 | provide any and all payroll records to the director of labor and training within ten (10) days of their |
9 | request by the director or his or her designee. |
10 | (c) In addition, every contractor and subcontractor shall maintain on the site where public |
11 | works are being constructed and the general or primary contract is one million dollars ($1,000,000) |
12 | or more, a daily log of employees employed each day on the public works project. The log shall |
13 | include, at a minimum, for each employee his or her name, primary job title, and employer and |
14 | shall be kept on a uniform form prescribed by the director of labor and training. Such log shall be |
15 | available for inspection on the site at all times by the awarding authority and/or the director of the |
16 | department of labor and training and his or her designee. This subsection shall not apply to road, |
17 | highway, or bridge public works projects. |
18 | (d) The director of labor and training may promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to |
19 | enforce the provisions of this section. |
20 | (e) The awarding authority of any public works project shall withhold the next scheduled |
21 | payment to any contractor or, subcontractor, vendor or provider who fails to comply with the |
22 | provisions of subsections (a) or (b) above and shall also notify the director of labor and training. |
23 | The awarding authority shall withhold any further payments until such time as the contractor or, |
24 | subcontractor or provider has fully complied. If it is a subcontractor who has failed to comply, the |
25 | amount withheld shall be proportionate to the amount attributed or due to the offending |
26 | subcontractor as determined by the awarding authority. The department may also impose a penalty |
27 | of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each calendar day of noncompliance with this section, as |
28 | determined by the director of labor and training. Mere errors and/or omissions in the daily logs |
29 | maintained under subsection (c) shall not be grounds for imposing a penalty under this subsection. |
30 | 37-13-13.1. Audits of wage records of out of state contractors and subcontractors. |
31 | Audits of wage records of out of state contractors, subcontractors and providers. |
32 | Out of state contractors or, subcontractors, vendors or providers who perform work on |
33 | public works or provide school transportation services, in this state authorize the director of labor |
34 | and training to conduct wage and hour audits of their payroll records pursuant to the provisions of |
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1 | chapter 14 of title 28. |
2 | 37-13-16. Termination of work on failure to pay agreed wages -- Completion of work. |
3 | (a) Every public works contract within the scope of this chapter shall contain the further |
4 | provision that in the event it is found by the director of labor and training that any employee |
5 | employed by the contractor or any subcontractor directly on the site of the work covered by the |
6 | contract has been or is being paid a rate of wages less than the rate of wages required by the contract |
7 | to be paid as aforesaid, the awarding party may, by written notice to the contractor or subcontractor, |
8 | terminate his or her right as the case may be, to proceed with the work, or the part of the work as |
9 | to which there has been a failure to pay the required wages, and shall prosecute the work to |
10 | completion by contract or otherwise, and the contractor and his or her sureties shall be liable to the |
11 | awarding party for any excess costs occasioned the awarding authority thereby. |
12 | (b) Every school transportation service contract within the scope of this chapter shall |
13 | contain the further provision that in the event it is found by the director of labor and training that |
14 | any employee employed by the provider to provide services within the area covered by the contract |
15 | has been or is being paid a rate of wages less than the rate of wages required by the contract to be |
16 | paid as aforesaid, the awarding party may, by written notice to the vendor, terminate the vendor's |
17 | right as the case may be, to proceed with the contract. |
18 | SECTION 4. Chapter 37-13 of the General Laws entitled "Labor and Payment of Debts by |
19 | Contractors" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
20 | 37-13-3.2. Entities subject to provisions - Weekly payment of employees. |
21 | All persons, firms, corporations, or other entities who have been awarded school |
22 | transportation service contracts by an awarding agency or authority of the state or of any city, town, |
23 | committee, or by any person or persons therein, in which state or municipal funds are used and of |
24 | which the contract price shall be in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000), whether payable at the |
25 | time of the signing of the contract or at a later date, and their subcontractors, engaged as part of the |
26 | service contract, shall pay their employees at weekly intervals and shall comply with the provisions |
27 | set forth in §§ 37-13-6 through 37-13-13.1, 37-13-14.1 and 37-13-16. |
28 | SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION | |
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1 | This act would prohibit school committees from negotiating, extending, or renewing any |
2 | public transportation service contract unless the contract provides for payments to school bus |
3 | drivers, attendants, monitors and aids for one hundred and eighty (180) days or the length of the |
4 | contracted-for school year, whichever is longer and requires that preference be given to the public |
5 | transportation service provider utilizing electric buses. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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