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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 151
BY REPRESENTATIVE CARMODY
SCHOOLS/TRANSPORTATI ON: Authorizes the Bossier and Caddo parish school boards,
in accordance with specified guidelines and limitations, to transport to school any
student who resides one mile or less from the school
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:158(A)(3), to authorize the Bossier Parish School Board and2
the Caddo Parish School Board to transport to school any student who resides one3
mile or less from the school; to provide conditions and limitations; to provide an4
effective date; and to provide for related matters.5
Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published as6
provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of7
Louisiana.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 17:158(A)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:10
ยง158. School buses for transportation of students; employment of bus operators;11
alternative means of transportation; improvement of school bus turnarounds12
A.13
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(3) The Beauregard Parish School Board, the Bossier Parish School Board,15
the Caddo Parish School Board, the Cameron Parish School Board, the East Feliciana16
Parish School Board, the Grant Parish School Board, the Iberville Parish School17
Board, the Morehouse Parish School Board, the Natchitoches Parish School Board,18
the Pointe Coupee Parish School Board, the Rapides Parish School Board, the Red19 HLS 10RS-159 ORIGINAL
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River Parish School Board, the Sabine Parish School Board, the Vernon Parish School1
Board, the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board, the West Carroll Parish School2
Board, the West Feliciana Parish School Board, and the Winn Parish School Board3
may provide transportation for any student attending a school of suitable grade4
approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education within the5
jurisdictional boundaries of the parish or school board who resides one mile or less6
from the school when the school board determines that conditions exist to warrant7
such transportation. Transportation of students residing one mile or less from their8
school shall be at no cost to the state.9
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor11
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010,12
or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.13
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Carmody HB No. 151
Abstract: Authorizes the Bossier and Caddo parish school boards, in accordance with
specified guidelines and limitations, to transport to school any student who resides
one mile or less from the school.
Present law (R.S. 17:158(A)(2) and (3)) authorizes 15 specified local public school boards
to provide transportation for any student attending a school of suitable grade approved by the
State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education within the jurisdictional boundaries of
the local board who resides one mile or less from the school when the school board
determines that conditions warrant the transportation. Specifies that such transportation shall
be at no cost to the state.
Proposed law retains present law and additionally authorizes the Bossier Parish School Board
and the Caddo Parish School Board to provide such transportation in accordance with present
law guidelines and limitations.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Amends R.S. 17:158(A)(3))