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78R7353 BDH-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 2697
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study of the costs of providing transportation
services for public school students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Education Agency, in cooperation
with the Legislative Budget Board, shall conduct a study relating
to the costs of providing transportation services for public school
students under Section 42.155, Education Code.
(b) The agency shall include in the study:
(1) a comparison of the transportation costs in urban,
suburban, and rural school districts and counties;
(2) an analysis of the costs of providing
transportation services to students enrolled in magnet schools;
(3) an analysis of any significant trends in student
attendance that are related to transportation costs or the
provision of transportation services; and
(4) any recommendations for legislative or
administrative action to modify the amount of the transportation
allotment provided to school districts under Section 42.155,
Education Code.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2004, the agency shall report
the results of the study conducted under this section to the
governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
representatives, and the presiding officer of the standing
committee in each house of the legislature with primary
jurisdiction over public education.
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, 2003.