84R4773 KJE-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 676
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to School Bus Safety Week in public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 34.0022 to read as follows:
Sec. 34.0022. SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK. (a) To educate
students and raise community awareness about the importance of
school bus safety, the third full week in October is designated as
School Bus Safety Week.
(b) The agency, in consultation with the Department of
Public Safety, shall develop a school bus safety program for
implementation in public schools.
(c) During the designated week, each school district shall
provide the school bus safety program developed under Subsection
(b) to students at every grade level. The program shall be open to
the public and the district shall encourage parents and other
community members to participate.
(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this
section.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2015, the Texas
Education Agency shall develop the school bus safety program
required under Section 34.0022, Education Code, as added by this
Act.
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.