| 18 | | - | Relating to public school buses; to amend Section |
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| 19 | | - | 16-27-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to require local boards of |
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| 20 | | - | education to adopt policies regarding the transportation of |
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| 21 | | - | dual enrollment and other students to offsite educational |
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| 22 | | - | venues; and to repeal Section 16-27-2, Code of Alabama 1975, |
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| 23 | | - | requiring the buses to transport community college and trade |
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| 24 | | - | school students under certain circumstances. |
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| 23 | + | Relating to public school buses; to repeal Section |
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| 24 | + | 16-27-2, Code of Alabama 1975, requiring the buses to |
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| 25 | + | transport community college and trade school students under |
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| 26 | + | certain circumstances. |
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| 26 | | - | Section 1. Section 16-27-1 of the Code of Alabama 1975, |
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| 27 | | - | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 28 | | - | "ยง16-27-1 |
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| 29 | | - | The State Board of Education shall prescribe adopt |
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| 30 | | - | rules and regulations : |
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| 31 | | - | (1) Requiring all local boards of education which |
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| 32 | | - | provide transportation services for pupils students going to |
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| 33 | | - | and from public elementary and secondary schools of Alabama or |
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| 34 | | - | in school-related activities , and the presidents of all state |
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| 35 | | - | community, junior and technical colleges and directors of all |
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| 36 | | - | state technical institutes and trade schools which provide |
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| 37 | | - | transportation services for pupils going to and from said |
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| 28 | + | Section 1. Section 16-27-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, |
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| 29 | + | requiring public school buses to provide transportation to |
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| 30 | + | community college and trade school students under certain |
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| 31 | + | circumstances, is repealed. |
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| 32 | + | Section 2. This act shall become effective on June 1, |
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| 33 | + | 2025. |
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| 67 | | - | transportation services for pupils going to and from said |
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| 68 | | - | technical institutes and trade schools or community, junior |
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| 69 | | - | and technical colleges to employ a competent supervisor or |
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| 70 | | - | manager of such the transportation services, whether such the |
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| 71 | | - | transportation services are provided in publicly owned or |
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| 72 | | - | privately owned buses; |
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| 73 | | - | (2) Requiring periodic safety inspection of all |
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| 74 | | - | vehicles used for transporting pupils students, whether such |
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| 75 | | - | the vehicles are publicly or privately owned; |
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| 76 | | - | (3) Requiring and providing for special training and |
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| 77 | | - | licensing of drivers of all vehicles used to transport pupils |
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| 78 | | - | students to and from school and in all school-related |
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| 79 | | - | activities, whether such the vehicles are publicly owned and |
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| 81 | | - | (4) Requiring each local board of education to adopt a |
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| 82 | | - | policy regarding transportation services available for |
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| 83 | | - | enrolled students including, but not limited to, dual |
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| 84 | | - | enrollment students at community and technical college |
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| 85 | | - | campuses or other offsite educational venues, and students |
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| 86 | | - | attending career technical education centers. " |
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| 87 | | - | Section 2. Section 16-27-2 of the Code of Alabama 1975, |
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| 88 | | - | requiring public school buses to provide transportation to |
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| 89 | | - | community college and trade school students under certain |
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| 90 | | - | circumstances, is repealed. |
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| 91 | | - | Section 3. This act shall become effective on June 1, |
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| 120 | | - | House of Representatives |
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| 121 | | - | Read for the first time and referred |
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| 122 | | - | to the House of Representatives |
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| 123 | | - | committee on Ways and Means |
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| 124 | | - | Education |
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| 125 | | - | ................18-Mar-25 |
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| 126 | | - | Read for the second time and placed |
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| 129 | | - | ................09-Apr-25 |
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| 130 | | - | Read for the third time and passed |
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| 131 | | - | as amended |
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| 135 | | - | ................15-Apr-25 |
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