Amend HB 273 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill
accordingly:
SECTION ____. The heading to Section 34.008, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 34.008. CONTRACT WITH TRANSIT AUTHORITY, [OR]
COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, OR JUVENILE BOARD.
SECTION ____. Section 34.008(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A board of county school trustees or school district
board of trustees may contract with a mass transit authority, [or] a
commercial transportation company, or a juvenile board for all or
any part of a district's public school transportation if the
authority, [or] company, or board:
(1) requires its school bus drivers to have the
qualifications required by and to be certified in accordance with
standards established by the Department of Public Safety; and
(2) uses only those school buses or mass transit
authority buses in transporting 15 or more public school students
that meet or exceed safety standards for school buses established
under Section 34.002[, Education Code].