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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation of certain students entitled to a public |
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education grant. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.2021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.2021. TRANSPORTATION. (a) The school district in |
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which a student resides shall: |
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(1) provide to each student attending another school |
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in the district under this subchapter transportation free of charge |
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to and from the school the student attends; and |
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(2) provide to each student attending a school in a |
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contiguous district under this subchapter transportation free of |
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charge to and from a site on which the contiguous district and the |
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district in which the student resides mutually agree. |
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(b) A school district that provides transportation services |
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for students under Subsection (a)(1) is entitled to reimbursement |
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based on the number of actual miles traveled times the per mile rate |
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authorized by Section 42.155(f). |
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(c) A school district in which a student resides that |
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provides transportation to and from a site in accordance with |
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Subsection (a)(2) is entitled to reimbursement based on the number |
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of actual miles traveled times the per mile rate authorized by |
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Section 42.155(f). |
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(d) A school district contiguous to the district in which a |
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student resides shall provide to each student that attends a school |
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in the contiguous district transportation free of charge to and |
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from the site described in Subsection (a)(2). |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (f), Section 29.203, Education Code, |
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is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |