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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain requirements for school bus emergency |
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evacuation training. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 34.0021(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A school district shall conduct the school bus emergency |
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evacuation training in the fall of [at least twice] each school |
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year[, with one training session occurring in the fall and one
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training session occurring in the spring]. A portion of the |
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training session must occur on a school bus and the training session |
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must last for at least one hour. In the spring of each school year, a |
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school district shall conduct a video review for students and |
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teachers of the information covered during the training conducted |
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in the fall of that year. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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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, 2009. |