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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation of a student 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 each student attending another school in |
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the district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to |
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and from the school the student attends; and |
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(2) provide each student attending a school in another |
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district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to and |
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from the school the student would otherwise attend. |
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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 that provides transportation from the |
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school the student would otherwise attend in another district to |
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the school the student attends under this subchapter is entitled to |
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reimbursement based on the number of actual miles traveled times |
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the per mile rate authorized by Section 42.155(f). |
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SECTION 2. Section 29.203(f), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |