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.