81R7507 EAH-D
By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 1559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the frequency of required school bus emergency
evacuation training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.0021(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A school district shall conduct the school bus emergency
evacuation training at least once [twice] each school year[, with
one training session occurring in the fall and one training session
occurring in the spring]. A portion of the training session must
occur on a school bus and the training session must last for at
least one hour.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.