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