Bill Text: TX SB204 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a public school transportation system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB204 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB204-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 204 |
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relating to the operation of a public school transportation system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 34.007, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (c) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A board of county school trustees or a school district | ||
board of trustees may establish and operate an economical public | ||
school transportation system: | ||
(1) in the county or district, as applicable; [ |
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(2) outside the county or district, as applicable, if | ||
the county or school district enters into an interlocal contract as | ||
provided by Chapter 791, Government Code; or | ||
(3) outside the district if students enrolled in the | ||
district reside outside the district and the district: | ||
(A) has an active policy adopted by the board | ||
that prohibits screening transfer students who reside outside the | ||
district based on the student's academic performance, disciplinary | ||
history, or attendance record, regardless of any relevant district | ||
or innovation plan adopted by the board or authorization to screen | ||
transfer students under any other authority; and | ||
(B) certifies that the district has: | ||
(i) an overall performance rating of C or | ||
higher under Section 39.054 for the preceding school year or the | ||
most recent school year in which a performance rating was assigned; | ||
(ii) an overall accountability score of 70 | ||
or higher for the preceding school year or the most recent school | ||
year in which a performance rating was assigned as calculated by the | ||
agency for purposes of determining the district's overall | ||
performance rating under Section 39.054; and | ||
(iii) the same or better overall | ||
performance rating under Section 39.054 for the preceding school | ||
year or the most recent school year in which a performance rating | ||
was assigned as the school district from which the district will | ||
transport students under this subdivision. | ||
(a-1) A school district shall make publicly available on the | ||
district's Internet website information regarding the district's | ||
compliance with the requirements under Subsection (a)(3). | ||
(c) This section may not be construed to prohibit a board of | ||
county school trustees or a school district board of trustees from | ||
operating a transportation system in another county or district, as | ||
applicable, to ensure the most efficient routes for transporting | ||
students who reside in the operating county or district. | ||
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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 204 passed the Senate on | ||
April 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5; | ||
May 27, 2021, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 28, 2021, House | ||
granted request of the Senate; May 30, 2021, Senate adopted | ||
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 27, | ||
Nays 4. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 204 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 115, | ||
Nays 28, one present not voting; May 28, 2021, House granted | ||
request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
May 30, 2021, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 4, one present not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |