Bill Text: TX SB195 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to funding under the transportation allotment for public school students subject to a high risk of violence while walking to school.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB195 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB195-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 195 |
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relating to funding under the transportation allotment for public | ||
school students subject to a high risk of violence while walking to | ||
school. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (d-1) and (d-2) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) A district or 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 or a high risk of | ||
violence if they walked to school. | ||
(d-1) For purposes of Subsection (d), each [ |
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trustees shall provide to the commissioner an explanation [ |
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a high risk of violence applicable to that district and shall | ||
identify the specific hazardous or high-risk areas for which the | ||
allocation is requested. A hazardous traffic 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. An area presents a high risk | ||
of violence if law enforcement records indicate a high incidence of | ||
violent crimes in the area. Each board of trustees requesting funds | ||
for an area presenting a high risk of violence must, in addition to | ||
the explanation required by this subsection, provide the | ||
commissioner with consolidated law enforcement records that | ||
document violent crimes identified by reporting agencies within the | ||
relevant jurisdiction. | ||
(d-2) A district or county may use all or part of any funds | ||
received under Subsection (d) to support community walking | ||
transportation programs, including walking school bus programs, | ||
provided that the district or county requires each supported | ||
program to submit a financial report to the district or county each | ||
semester that covers services provided by the program for the | ||
benefit of the district or county. The commissioner shall adopt | ||
rules governing the transportation allotment as necessary to permit | ||
a district or county to receive funds under Subsection (d) that may | ||
be used to support innovative school safety projects, including | ||
community walking transportation programs as provided by this | ||
subsection and any other appropriate safety project, including | ||
rules defining an approved walking route mile that may be used as | ||
necessary in implementing this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 195 passed the Senate on | ||
May 8, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9; and that the | ||
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 195 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 90, | ||
Nays 55, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |