| 1 | 1 | | 84R5728 KKA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Huberty H.B. No. 2247 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a determination of school district transportation costs |
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| 8 | 8 | | and a modification of the transportation allotment under the |
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| 9 | 9 | | foundation school program on the basis of those costs. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) Each district or county operating a regular |
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| 15 | 15 | | transportation system is entitled to an allotment based on the |
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| 16 | 16 | | daily cost per regular eligible student of operating and |
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| 17 | 17 | | maintaining the regular transportation system and the linear |
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| 18 | 18 | | density of that system. In determining the cost, the commissioner |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall give consideration to factors affecting the actual cost of |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing these transportation services in each district or county. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The average actual cost is to be computed by the commissioner and |
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| 22 | 22 | | included for consideration by the legislature in the General |
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| 23 | 23 | | Appropriations Act. The allotment per mile of approved route may |
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| 24 | 24 | | not be less than the amount described by Subsection (c-2) or exceed |
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| 25 | 25 | | the amount set by appropriation. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c-1) For each linear density grouping established in Rider |
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| 27 | 27 | | 5, page III-6, Chapter 1411 (S.B. 1), Acts of the 83rd Legislature, |
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| 28 | 28 | | Regular Session, 2013 (the General Appropriations Act), the agency |
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| 29 | 29 | | shall determine the average school district cost per mile of |
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| 30 | 30 | | providing regular transportation services during the 2012-2013, |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2013-2014, and 2014-2015 school years. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c-2) For purposes of Subsection (c), beginning with the |
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| 33 | 33 | | state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2015, the allotment |
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| 34 | 34 | | per mile of approved route for each linear density grouping may not |
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| 35 | 35 | | be less than 50 percent of the average cost per mile for the |
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| 36 | 36 | | grouping determined by the agency under Subsection (c-1). |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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