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Amend CSHB 323 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In the introductory language to SECTION 3 of the bill
(page 1, line 30), strike "Section 34.013" and substitute "Sections
34.013 and 34.014".
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately after proposed
Section 34.013, Transportation Code (page 1, between lines 44 and
45), insert:
Sec. 34.014. REPORTING OF BUS ACCIDENTS. (a) In this
section, "bus" means a bus operated by or contracted for use by a
school district to transport schoolchildren.
(b) A school district shall report annually to the Texas
Education Agency the number of accidents in which the district's
buses are involved. The agency by rule shall determine the
information to be reported, including:
(1) the type of bus involved in the accident;
(2) whether the bus was equipped with seat belts;
(3) the number of students and adults involved in the
accident;
(4) the number and types of injuries sustained by bus
passengers in the accident; and
(5) whether the injured passengers were wearing seat
belts at the time of the accident.
(c) The Texas Education Agency shall publish the reports
received under this section on its Internet website.