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ACT No. 750
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1376
BY REPRESENTATIVES HINES, ABRAMSON, AUSTIN BADON, HENRY BURNS,
TIM BURNS, CARTER, HARDY, HAZEL, HOWARD, LABRUZZO, LANDRY,
LORUSSO, PEARSON, POPE, JANE SMITH, AND TEMPLET AND SENATORS
DORSEY, LAFLEUR, LONG, AND NEVERS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:158(A), relative to the transportation of students by local2
school boards to certain elementary and secondary schools; to authorize a local3
school board to transport to school any student who resides one mile or less from the4
school; to provide conditions and limitations; to provide an effective date; and to5
provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:158(A) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง158. School buses for transportation of students; employment of bus operators;9
alternative means of transportation; improvement of school bus turnarounds10
A.(1) Except as provided by Subsection H of this Section and in accordance11
with the requirements of Subsection F of this Section, each city, parish, and city12
other local public school board shall provide free transportation for any student13
attending a school of suitable grade approved by the State Board of Elementary and14
Secondary Education within the jurisdictional boundaries of the parish or school15
local board if the student resides more than one mile from such school.16
(2) The Terrebonne Parish School Board A city, parish, or other local public17
school board may provide transportation for any student attending a school of18
suitable grade approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education19
within the jurisdictional boundaries of the parish or school local board who resides20
one mile or less from the school when the school board determines that conditions21 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1376
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exist to warrant such transportation. Transportation of students residing one mile or1
less from their school shall be at no cost to the state.2
(3) The Beauregard Parish School Board, the Cameron Parish School Board,3
the East Feliciana Parish School Board, the Grant Parish School Board, the Iberville4
Parish School Board, the Morehouse Parish School Board, the Natchitoches Parish5
School Board, the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board, the Rapides Parish School6
Board, the Red River Parish School Board, the Sabine Parish School Board, the7
Vernon Parish School Board, the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, the West8
Carroll Parish School Board, the West Feliciana Parish School Board, and the Winn9
Parish School Board may provide transportation for any student attending a school10
of suitable grade approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary11
Education within the jurisdictional boundaries of the parish or school board who12
resides one mile or less from the school when the school board determines that13
conditions exist to warrant such transportation. Transportation of students residing14
one mile or less from their school shall be at no cost to the state. Conditions that15
exist and warrant transportation as authorized by Paragraph (2) of this Subsection16
may include but shall not be limited to the residence location of a person convicted17
of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 relative to registration of sex offenders,18
sexually violent predators, and child predators.19
(4) For such the purposes of this Subsection, any parish or city, parish, or20
other local public school board may employ school bus operators as hereinafter21
defined in R.S. 17:491. However, nothing in this Section shall prohibit a parish or22
city, parish, or other local public school board from entering into contracts or mutual23
agreements for providing school bus transportation.24
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Section 2. The provisions of this Act shall supersede the provisions of that Act which26
originated as House Bill No. 151 of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature of27
Louisiana.28
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not29
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature30 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1376
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by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If1
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become2
effective on the day following such approval.3
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: