84R2433 MK-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 243
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the route a school bus takes when transporting a public
school student.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 34.0031 to read as follows:
Sec. 34.0031. SCHOOL BUS ROUTES. (a) A school district
shall design a route with approved stops to be taken by a school bus
transporting a student between the student's residence and school
campus. The route designed by the district may not in any manner
require a student to cross a highway or roadway between the
student's residence and approved bus stop.
(b) If during a school year a new student is added to a
school bus route, the school district shall update the school bus
route as necessary to ensure that the route remains in compliance
with Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
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, 2015.