83R9975 JSL-D
By: West S.B. No. 1062
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transportation of a student entitled to a public
education grant.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 29, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 29.2021 to read as follows:
Sec. 29.2021. TRANSPORTATION. (a) The school district in
which a student resides shall:
(1) provide each student attending another school in
the district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to
and from the school the student attends; and
(2) provide each student attending a school in another
district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to and
from the school the student would otherwise attend.
(b) A school district that provides transportation services
for students under Subsection (a)(1) is entitled to reimbursement
based on the number of actual miles traveled times the per mile rate
authorized by Section 42.155(f).
(c) A school district that provides transportation from the
school the student would otherwise attend in another district to
the school the student attends under this subchapter is entitled to
reimbursement based on the number of actual miles traveled times
the per mile rate authorized by Section 42.155(f).
SECTION 2. Section 29.203(f), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.