Bill Text: OH SB293 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To require the Department of Transportation to survey each school district, community school, and STEM school regarding transportation safety and alternative transportation options for students living within two miles of school.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-08-16 - To Highways & Transportation [SB293 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SB293-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. B. No. 293

Senator Kearney 

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A BILL

To enact section 5501.35 of the Revised Code to

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require the Department of Transportation to survey

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each school district, community school, and STEM

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school regarding transportation safety and

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alternative transportation options for students

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living within two miles of school.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5501.35 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 5501.35.  (A) In coordination with the department of	9
transportation's safe routes to school program, the director of	10
transportation shall create a survey regarding school	11
transportation safety policies and the promotion of nonmotorized	12
transportation options for public school students living within	13
two miles of their school of attendance. Each city, local,	14
exempted village, and joint vocational school district, community	15
school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, and	16
STEM school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code	17
shall complete and return the survey on or before a date specified	18
by the director. The director shall not require a community or	19
STEM school to complete a survey if no student attending the	20
school lives within two miles of the location of the school. The	21
survey shall state the purpose of the survey and provide	22
information on the safe routes to school program. The survey also	23
may seek the following information:	24

(1) The location of each school building operated by the	25
district or school and the percentage of the school's students	26
living within two miles of the school;	27

(2) Whether the district or school has in place any programs	28
relating to transportation safety or the promotion of nonmotorized	29
modes of transportation, such as the use of a crossing guard or	30
participation in a walk to school day;	31

(3) Whether any safety or traffic study has been completed	32
for the school location, and the results of such a study;	33

(4) Whether the district or school has surveyed students	34
living within two miles of the school's location regarding modes	35
of transportation to the school;	36

(5) Any other factors the director determines to be	37
appropriate.	38

(B) The director shall compile the surveys required in	39
division (A) of this section and publish the findings on the	40
department's web site within ninety days of the effective date of	41
this section.	42