By: West S.B. No. 1062
(In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2013; March 12, 2013, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 15, 2013,
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; April 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1062 By: Patrick
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transportation of certain students 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 to 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 to each student attending a school in a
contiguous district under this subchapter transportation free of
charge to and from a site on which the contiguous district and the
district in which the student resides mutually agree.
(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 in which a student resides that
provides transportation to and from a site in accordance with
Subsection (a)(2) is entitled to reimbursement based on the number
of actual miles traveled times the per mile rate authorized by
Section 42.155(f).
(d) A school district contiguous to the district in which a
student resides shall provide to each student that attends a school
in the contiguous district transportation free of charge to and
from the site described in Subsection (a)(2).
SECTION 2. Subsection (f), Section 29.203, Education Code,
is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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