Bill Text: IN HB1134 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: School transportation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Signed by the Governor [HB1134 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1134-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 20-27; IC 20-46-5.
Synopsis: Various education matters. Provides that no fee may be
charged to a parent or student for transportation to and from school if
a school corporation provides transportation or contracts with an
educational service center to provide transportation. Requires the state
school bus committee to establish minimum standards requiring
periodic sampling of drive train lubricants and cooling system fluids
for school buses and special purpose buses. Specifies that the necessity
for replacing a school bus must be documented based on the periodic
sampling of drive train lubricants and cooling system fluids. Makes
technical corrections.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 6, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
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(b) If the governing body of a school corporation:
(1) provides transportation; or
(2) contracts with an educational service center (as defined by IC 20-20-1-2) to provide transportation;
no fee may be charged to a parent or student for transportation to and from school.
(b) A plan must apply to at least the twelve (12) budget years immediately following the year the plan is adopted.
(c) A plan must at least include the following:
(1) An estimate for each year to which it applies of the nature and amount of proposed expenditures from the fund.
(2) A presumption that the minimum useful life of a school bus is not less than twelve (12) years.
(3) An identification of:
(A) the source of all revenue to be dedicated to the proposed expenditures in the upcoming budget year; and
(B) the amount of property taxes to be collected in that year and the unexpended balance to be retained in the fund for expenditures proposed for a later year.
(1) a school corporation enters into a lease agreement with the Indiana bond bank for the lease of one (1) or more school buses
under IC 5-1.5-4-1(a)(5);
(2) the lease agreement conforms with the school corporation's ten
(10) twelve (12) year school bus replacement plan approved by
the department of local government finance under section 9 of
this chapter; and
(3) in the first full fiscal year after the effective date of the lease
agreement, there would otherwise be a reduction in the levy in an
amount equal to the difference between the total purchase price
of the bus or buses and the total rental payment due under the
lease agreement;
the levy in that fiscal year may not be reduced by the amount of the
reduction.
(b) Any or all of the amount of that part of the levy may, on or
before the end of the year of its collection, be:
(1) retained in the fund;
(2) transferred to the school transportation fund established under
IC 20-40-6-4; or
(3) transferred to the capital projects fund established under
IC 20-40-8-6.
(1) The necessity for replacing a school bus must be documented based on the periodic sampling of drive train lubricants and cooling system fluids under IC 20-27-7-9.5.
(2) If a school corporation is seeking to:
(A) acquire; or
(B) contract for transportation services that will provide;
additional school buses or school buses with a larger seating capacity as compared with the number and type of school buses from the prior school year, the school corporation must provide evidence of a demand for increased transportation services within the school corporation.
(3) If a school corporation is seeking to:
(A) replace an existing school bus earlier than twelve (12) years after the existing school bus was originally acquired; or
(B) require a contractor to replace a school bus;
the school corporation must provide evidence that the need exists for the replacement of the school bus.
(4) A school corporation that seeks to acquire or contract for
additional school buses under this section must provide evidence that the school corporation is acquiring or contracting for the school buses only for the purposes specified in subdivision (2) or for replacement purposes.
