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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to school bus emergency evacuation training in public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 34.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 34.013. SCHOOL BUS EMERGENCY EVACUATION TRAINING. (a) |
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Each school district shall conduct a training session for students |
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and teachers concerning procedures for evacuating a school bus |
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during an emergency. |
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(b) A school district shall conduct the school bus emergency |
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evacuation training at least twice each school year, with one |
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training session occurring in the fall and one training session |
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occurring in the spring. A training session must occur on a school |
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bus and last for at least one hour. |
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(c) The school bus emergency evacuation training must be |
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based on the recommendations of the most recent edition of the |
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National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures, as |
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adopted by the National Congress on School Transportation, or a |
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similar school transportation safety manual. |
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(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date that a school |
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district completes a training session, the district shall provide |
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the agency with a record certifying the district's completion of |
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the training. |
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(e) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary to implement |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |