Bill Text: IN HB1134 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: School transportation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Signed by the Governor [HB1134 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-HB1134-Enrolled.html
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AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
(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. However, a fee may be charged for transportation to and from an athletic, a social, or another school sponsored function.
SECTION 2. IC 20-27-6-1, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005, SECTION 11, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2012]: Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to:
(1) a nonpublic school or to a nonpublic school bus driver contract executed for a nonpublic school; or
(2) an educational service center (as defined by IC 20-20-1-2) or a school bus driver contract executed for an educational service center.
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 12. (a) If:
(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.
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