S.B. No. 462
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 may 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the Senate on
April 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117,
Nays 30, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor