85R1351 KKA-D
By: Garcia S.B. No. 195
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding under the transportation allotment for public
school students subject to a high risk of violence while walking to
school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.155(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) A district or county may apply for and on approval of the
commissioner receive an additional amount of up to 10 percent of its
regular transportation allotment to be used for the transportation
of children living within two miles of the school they attend who
would be subject to hazardous traffic conditions or a high risk of
violence if they walked to school. Each board of trustees shall
provide to the commissioner an explanation [the definition] of the
hazardous traffic conditions or areas presenting a high risk of
violence applicable to that district and shall identify the
specific hazardous or high-risk areas for which the allocation is
requested. A hazardous traffic condition exists where no walkway
is provided and children must walk along or cross a freeway or
expressway, an underpass, an overpass or a bridge, an uncontrolled
major traffic artery, an industrial or commercial area, or another
comparable condition. An area presents a high risk of violence if
law enforcement records indicate a high incidence of violent crimes
in the area.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.