By: Lucio, et al. S.B. No. 462
(Allen)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding under the transportation allotment for
transporting meals and instructional materials to students during a
declared disaster.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 48.151, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (n) to read as
follows:
(h) Funds allotted under this section must be used in
providing transportation services. Transporting a meal or
instructional materials as provided by Subsection (n) is included
in transportation services under this subsection.
(n) For the duration of a declared disaster, a school
district located in an area that is wholly or partly the subject of
a disaster declaration by the governor under Chapter 418,
Government Code, or by the president of the United States shall be
reimbursed on a per-mile basis for the cost of transporting a meal
or instructional materials to a student's residence or to another
location, designated by the district, for pick up by the student.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.