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SENATE BILL NO. 594
BY SENATOR BROWN
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:158(I), relative to school transportation; to provide for the transportation2
of certain students to certain technical colleges; to provide for responsibilities of city,3
parish, and other local public school boards; to allow local school boards to assess4
a fee to students using such transportation; to provide for exemptions; to provide for5
the adoption of rules; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:158(I) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง158. School buses for transportation of students; employment of bus operators;9
alternative means of transportation; improvement of school bus10
turnarounds11
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I. (1) Each city, parish, and other local public school board may provide13
transportation to any full-time student who is twenty years of age or younger14
and attending a technical college campus, that is part of the Louisiana15
Community and Technical College System, within the jurisdictional boundaries16
of the local board. If the closest technical college campus is located outside the17
jurisdictional boundaries of the local school board, the board may facilitate the18
transportation or coordinate with neighboring boards to facilitate19
transportation to the technical college campus.20
(2) The local public school board where the student resides, may assess21
a fee to each student utilizing the transportation services provided pursuant to22
this Subsection, not to exceed the actual cost of providing such transportation,23
including administrative costs.24
(3) The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall adopt25
rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement26
provisions of this Subsection.27
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(4) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to:1
(a) Local public school boards in a parish with a population of more2
than three hundred thousand persons according to the most recent federal3
decennial census.4
(b) Local public school boards in any parish that operates a parish-wide5
public transit system that provides sufficient service to meet the transportation6
needs of students attending technical colleges located in the parish.7
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: