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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation services for homeless students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, Subsection (g) |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(g) A school district or county that provides special |
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transportation services for eligible special education students or |
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homeless students as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11302 i |
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s entitled |
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to a state allocation paid on a previous year's cost-per-mile |
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basis. The maximum rate per mile allowable shall be set by |
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appropriation based on data gathered from the first year of each |
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preceding biennium. Districts may use a portion of their support |
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allocation to pay transportation costs, if necessary. The |
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commissioner may grant an amount set by appropriation for private |
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transportation to reimburse parents or their agents for |
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transporting eligible special education students. The mileage |
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allowed shall be computed along the shortest public road from the |
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student's home to school and back, morning and afternoon. The need |
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for this type transportation shall be determined on an individual |
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basis and shall be approved only in extreme hardship cases. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |