By:  Harris                                            S.B. No. 465

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

                                       AN ACT

 1-1     relating to the authority of a school district to charge a fee for

 1-2     transporting certain students.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 11.158, Education Code,

 1-5     is amended to read as follows:

 1-6           (a)  The board of trustees of an independent school district

 1-7     may require payment of:

 1-8                 (1)  a fee for materials used in any program in which

 1-9     the resultant product in excess of minimum requirements becomes, at

1-10     the student's option, the personal property of the student, if the

1-11     fee does not exceed the cost of materials;

1-12                 (2)  membership dues in student organizations or clubs

1-13     and admission fees or charges for attending extracurricular

1-14     activities, if membership or attendance is voluntary;

1-15                 (3)  a security deposit for the return of materials,

1-16     supplies, or equipment;

1-17                 (4)  a fee for personal physical education and athletic

1-18     equipment and apparel, although any student may provide the

1-19     student's own equipment or apparel if it meets reasonable

1-20     requirements and standards relating to health and safety

1-21     established by the board;

1-22                 (5)  a fee for items of personal use or products that a

1-23     student may purchase at the student's option, such as student

 2-1     publications, class rings, annuals, and graduation announcements;

 2-2                 (6)  a fee specifically permitted by any other statute;

 2-3                 (7)  a fee for an authorized voluntary student health

 2-4     and accident benefit plan;

 2-5                 (8)  a reasonable fee, not to exceed the actual annual

 2-6     maintenance cost, for the use of musical instruments and uniforms

 2-7     owned or rented by the district;

 2-8                 (9)  a fee for items of personal apparel that become

 2-9     the property of the student and that are used in extracurricular

2-10     activities;

2-11                 (10)  a parking fee or a fee for an identification

2-12     card;

2-13                 (11)  a fee for a driver training course, not to exceed

2-14     the actual district cost per student in the program for the current

2-15     school year;

2-16                 (12)  a fee for a course offered for credit that

2-17     requires the use of facilities not available on the school premises

2-18     or the employment of an educator who is not part of the school's

2-19     regular staff, if participation in the course is at the student's

2-20     option; [or]

2-21                 (13)  a fee for a course offered during summer school,

2-22     except that the board may charge a fee for a course required for

2-23     graduation only if the course is also offered without a fee during

2-24     the regular school year; or

2-25                 (14)  a reasonable fee for transportation of a student

 3-1     who lives within two miles of the school the student attends to and

 3-2     from that school, except that the board may not charge a fee for

 3-3     transportation for which the school district receives funds under

 3-4     Section 42.155(d).

 3-5           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

 3-6     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 3-7     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 3-8     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 3-9     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

3-10     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

3-11     passage, and it is so enacted.