79R5953 KKA-D

By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1376



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a parent to designate a child-care 
facility or grandparent's residence for purposes of transportation 
provided by a public school transportation system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 34.007(b), Transportation 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 one of the 
following locations 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 location is on an approved 
route:
			(A)  a child-care facility, as defined by Section 
42.002, Human Resources Code; or
			(B)  the residence of a grandparent of the child.                            
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2005-2006 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.