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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a parent to designate a child-care |
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facility or grandparent's residence for purposes of transportation |
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provided by a public school transportation system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 34.007, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) In establishing and operating the transportation |
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system, the county or school district board shall: |
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(1) [shall] employ school bus drivers certified in |
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accordance with standards and qualifications adopted by the |
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Department of Public Safety; and |
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(2) on determining eligibility for transportation |
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services, [may] allow a parent to designate one of the following |
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locations instead of the child's residence as the regular location |
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for purposes of obtaining transportation under the system to and |
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from the child's school, if the location is an approved stop on an |
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approved route: |
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(A) a child-care facility, as defined by Section |
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42.002, Human Resources Code; or |
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(B) the residence of a grandparent of the child. |
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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. |