Bill Text: TX SB607 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to transportation of students entitled to a public education grant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-13 - Referred to Education [SB607 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB607-Introduced.html
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By: Huffines | S.B. No. 607 |
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relating to transportation of students entitled to a public | ||
education grant. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 29, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 29.2021 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 29.2021. TRANSPORTATION. (a) The school district in | ||
which a student resides shall provide each student attending in | ||
accordance with this subchapter another school in the district or a | ||
school in a contiguous school district with transportation free of | ||
charge to and from the school the student attends. | ||
(b) The school district in which a student resides may | ||
contract with a private entity or another school district for | ||
transportation services necessary to provide transportation | ||
required under Subsection (a). | ||
(c) The school district in which a student resides shall | ||
provide each student attending a school in another school district | ||
in accordance with this subchapter that is not contiguous to the | ||
district in which the student resides with transportation free of | ||
charge to and from the school the student would otherwise attend. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 29.203(f), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |