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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. Subsection (b), Section 34.0021, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A school district shall conduct the school bus emergency |
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evacuation training at least once [twice] each school year. The |
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training may be conducted through use of video. A video used for |
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training under this subsection may be produced by students[, with
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one training session occurring in the fall and one training session
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occurring in the spring.
A portion of the training session must
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occur on a school bus and the training session must last for at
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least one hour]. |
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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. |