Bill Text: TX HB601 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of regular eligible student used in determining the transportation allotment under the school finance system for a municipal school district.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to Public Education [HB601 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB601-Introduced.html

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85R5135 KKA-F
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 601

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of regular eligible student used in
determining the transportation allotment under the school finance
system for a municipal school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.155(b)(1), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(1) "Regular eligible student" means:
(A) for a system not operated by a municipal
school district, a student who resides two or more miles from the
student's campus of regular attendance, measured along the shortest
route that may be traveled on public roads, and who is not
classified as a student eligible for special education services;
and
(B) for a system operated by a municipal school
district, a student who resides 0.01 or more miles from the
student's campus of regular attendance, measured along the shortest
route that may be traveled on public roads, and who is not
classified as a student eligible for special education services.
SECTION 2. Section 42.155(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) A district, other than a municipal school district, or
a county may apply for and on approval of the commissioner receive
an additional amount of up to 10 percent of its regular
transportation allotment to be used for the transportation of
children living within two miles of the school they attend who would
be subject to hazardous traffic conditions if they walked to
school. Each board of trustees shall provide to the commissioner
the definition of hazardous conditions applicable to that district
and shall identify the specific hazardous areas for which the
allocation is requested. A hazardous condition exists where no
walkway is provided and children must walk along or cross a freeway
or expressway, an underpass, an overpass or a bridge, an
uncontrolled major traffic artery, an industrial or commercial
area, or another comparable condition.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.