Bill Text: TX SB195 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Garcia | 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(d), Education Code, is amended 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. Each board of trustees shall | ||
provide to the commissioner an explanation [ |
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hazardous traffic conditions or areas presenting 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. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |