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78R14410 E
By: Pitts H.B. No. 3458
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3458:
By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 3458
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transportation between schools and child-care
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.007(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) In establishing and operating the transportation
system, the county or school district board shall:
(1) [shall] employ school bus drivers certified in
accordance with standards and qualifications adopted by the
Department of Public Safety; and
(2) [may] allow a parent to designate a child-care
facility, as defined by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code,
instead of the child's residence as the regular location for
purposes of obtaining transportation under the system to and from
the child's school, if the child-care facility is located on the
district's or county's approved transportation routes for the
school the child attends.
SECTION 2. Section 42.155(k), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(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 an eligible student to and from
a child-care facility, as defined by Section 42.002, Human
Resources Code, 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].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.