Bill Text: TX HB882 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the provision of a transportation allotment under the foundation school program based on the price of gasoline.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB882 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB882-Introduced.html
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By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 882 |
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relating to the provision of a transportation allotment under the | ||||
foundation school program based on the price of gasoline. | ||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||||
SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by | ||||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (c-1) and (c-2) to | ||||
read as follows: | ||||
(c) Each district or county operating a regular | ||||
transportation system is entitled to an allotment based on the | ||||
daily cost per regular eligible student of operating and | ||||
maintaining the regular transportation system and the linear | ||||
density of that system. In determining the cost, the commissioner | ||||
shall give consideration to factors affecting the actual cost of | ||||
providing these transportation services in each district or county. | ||||
The average actual cost is to be computed by the commissioner and | ||||
included for consideration by the legislature in the General | ||||
Appropriations Act. | ||||
(c-1) The allotment per mile of approved route under | ||||
Subsection (c) is the product of the average price of a gallon of | ||||
regular gasoline in this state, including taxes, during the | ||||
preceding five calendar years, as determined by the commissioner, | ||||
and the following multiplier: | ||||
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2.40 and above1.2 | ||||
1.65 to 2.401.1 | ||||
1.15 to 1.651.0 | ||||
.90 to 1.150.9 | ||||
.65 to .900.8 | ||||
.40 to .650.7 | ||||
up to .400.6 | ||||
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(c-2) Subsection (c-1) applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||||
school year. For the 2017-2018 school year, the allotment per mile | ||||
of approved route is 80 percent of the allotment that would be | ||||
provided during that year under Subsection (c-1). For the 2018-2019 | ||||
school year, the allotment per mile of approved route is 90 percent | ||||
of the allotment that would be provided during that year under | ||||
Subsection (c-1). This subsection expires September 1, 2020. | ||||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |