By: West S.B. No. 1062

(In the Senate - Filed March 4, 2013; March 12, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; April 15, 2013, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1062 By: Patrick

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to transportation of certain students entitled to a public education grant.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.2021 to read as follows:

Sec. 29.2021. TRANSPORTATION. (a) The school district in which a student resides shall:

(1) provide to each student attending another school in the district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to and from the school the student attends; and

(2) provide to each student attending a school in a contiguous district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to and from a site on which the contiguous district and the district in which the student resides mutually agree.

(b) A school district that provides transportation services for students under Subsection (a)(1) is entitled to reimbursement based on the number of actual miles traveled times the per mile rate authorized by Section 42.155(f).

(c) A school district in which a student resides that provides transportation to and from a site in accordance with Subsection (a)(2) is entitled to reimbursement based on the number of actual miles traveled times the per mile rate authorized by Section 42.155(f).

(d) A school district contiguous to the district in which a student resides shall provide to each student that attends a school in the contiguous district transportation free of charge to and from the site described in Subsection (a)(2).

SECTION 2. Subsection (f), Section 29.203, Education Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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