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.