Bill Text: TX SB360 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transportation allotment provided under the Foundation School Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-01 - Referred to Education [SB360 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB360-Introduced.html
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By: Watson | S.B. No. 360 |
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relating to the transportation allotment provided under the | ||
Foundation School Program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 42.155(b), (c), (e), (f), (i), (k), and | ||
(l), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) As used in this section, "eligible [ |
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student who is eligible for special education services under | ||
Section 29.003 and who would be unable to attend classes without | ||
special transportation services. | ||
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(c) Each district or county operating a regular | ||
transportation system is entitled to an annual allotment equal to | ||
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commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this | ||
subsection, including rules that identify eligible components of a | ||
district's costs for purposes of computing a district's allotment. | ||
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(e) The commissioner may grant an amount set by | ||
appropriation for private or commercial transportation [ |
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classified as eligible for special education services. The need | ||
for this type of transportation grant shall be determined on an | ||
individual basis and the amount granted shall not exceed the actual | ||
cost. The grants may be made only in extreme hardship cases. A | ||
grant may not be made if the students live within two miles of an | ||
approved school bus route. | ||
(f) The cost of transporting career and technology | ||
education students from one campus to another inside a district or | ||
from a sending district to another secondary public school for a | ||
career and technology program or an area career and technology | ||
school or to an approved post-secondary institution under a | ||
contract for instruction approved by the agency shall be reimbursed | ||
based on the number of actual miles traveled times the district's | ||
cost per mile of the regular transportation system for the | ||
preceding year, as determined on the basis of the district's | ||
transportation operations report [ |
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(i) In the case of a district belonging to a county | ||
transportation system, the district's transportation allotment for | ||
purposes of determining a district's foundation school program | ||
allocations is determined on the basis of the number of students in | ||
average daily attendance in the district in comparison to the total | ||
number of students in average daily attendance of all districts | ||
belonging to the county transportation system [ |
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(k) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | ||
the commissioner may not reduce the allotment to which a district or | ||
county is entitled under this section because the district or | ||
county provides transportation for a [ |
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from a child-care facility, as defined by Section 42.002, Human | ||
Resources Code, or a grandparent's residence instead of the | ||
student's residence, as authorized by Section 34.007, if the | ||
transportation is provided within the approved routes of the | ||
district or county for the school the student attends. | ||
(l) A school district may, with the funds allotted under | ||
this section, provide a bus pass or card for another transportation | ||
system to each student [ |
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transportation system of the district is not a feasible method of | ||
providing transportation. The commissioner by rule shall provide | ||
procedures for a school district to provide bus passes or cards to | ||
students under this subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 11.158(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of trustees of an independent school district | ||
may require payment of: | ||
(1) a fee for materials used in any program in which | ||
the resultant product in excess of minimum requirements becomes, at | ||
the student's option, the personal property of the student, if the | ||
fee does not exceed the cost of materials; | ||
(2) membership dues in student organizations or clubs | ||
and admission fees or charges for attending extracurricular | ||
activities, if membership or attendance is voluntary; | ||
(3) a security deposit for the return of materials, | ||
supplies, or equipment; | ||
(4) a fee for personal physical education and athletic | ||
equipment and apparel, although any student may provide the | ||
student's own equipment or apparel if it meets reasonable | ||
requirements and standards relating to health and safety | ||
established by the board; | ||
(5) a fee for items of personal use or products that a | ||
student may purchase at the student's option, such as student | ||
publications, class rings, annuals, and graduation announcements; | ||
(6) a fee specifically permitted by any other statute; | ||
(7) a fee for an authorized voluntary student health | ||
and accident benefit plan; | ||
(8) a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual annual | ||
maintenance cost, for the use of musical instruments and uniforms | ||
owned or rented by the district; | ||
(9) a fee for items of personal apparel that become the | ||
property of the student and that are used in extracurricular | ||
activities; | ||
(10) a parking fee or a fee for an identification card; | ||
(11) a fee for a driver training course, not to exceed | ||
the actual district cost per student in the program for the current | ||
school year; | ||
(12) a fee for a course offered for credit that | ||
requires the use of facilities not available on the school premises | ||
or the employment of an educator who is not part of the school's | ||
regular staff, if participation in the course is at the student's | ||
option; | ||
(13) a fee for a course offered during summer school, | ||
except that the board may charge a fee for a course required for | ||
graduation only if the course is also offered without a fee during | ||
the regular school year; | ||
(14) a reasonable fee for transportation of a student | ||
who lives within two miles of the school the student attends to and | ||
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(15) a reasonable fee, not to exceed $50, for costs | ||
associated with an educational program offered outside of regular | ||
school hours through which a student who was absent from class | ||
receives instruction voluntarily for the purpose of making up the | ||
missed instruction and meeting the level of attendance required | ||
under Section 25.092; or | ||
(16) if the district does not receive any funds under | ||
Section 42.155 and does not participate in a county transportation | ||
system for which an allotment is provided under Section 42.155(i), | ||
a reasonable fee for the transportation of a student to and from the | ||
school the student attends. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 42.155(d), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |