85R5135 KKA-F
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 601
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the definition of regular eligible student used in
  determining the transportation allotment under the school finance
  system for a municipal school district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 42.155(b)(1), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (1)  "Regular eligible student" means:
                     (A)  for a system not operated by a municipal
  school district, a student who resides two or more miles from the
  student's campus of regular attendance, measured along the shortest
  route that may be traveled on public roads, and who is not
  classified as a student eligible for special education services;
  and
                     (B)  for a system operated by a municipal school
  district, a student who resides 0.01 or more miles from the
  student's campus of regular attendance, measured along the shortest
  route that may be traveled on public roads, and who is not
  classified as a student eligible for special education services.
         SECTION 2.  Section 42.155(d), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  A district, other than a municipal school district, or
  a county may apply for and on approval of the commissioner receive
  an additional amount of up to 10 percent of its regular
  transportation allotment to be used for the transportation of
  children living within two miles of the school they attend who would
  be subject to hazardous traffic conditions if they walked to
  school. Each board of trustees shall provide to the commissioner
  the definition of hazardous conditions applicable to that district
  and shall identify the specific hazardous areas for which the
  allocation is requested. A hazardous condition exists where no
  walkway is provided and children must walk along or cross a freeway
  or expressway, an underpass, an overpass or a bridge, an
  uncontrolled major traffic artery, an industrial or commercial
  area, or another comparable condition.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.