STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 53rd Legislature (2011)

SENATE BILL 946	By:	Brown

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to school transportation; permitting schools to charge for transportation; providing an exception; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 9-119 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
The board of education of any school district furnishing transportation may charge a reasonable fee to students transported to and from school, not to exceed Twenty Dollars ($20.00) per month.  Students who qualify for the free and reduced lunch program shall not be charged a transportation fee.  Money collected shall not be chargeable to or become a part of the school district's finances.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2011.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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