S.B. No. 462

AN ACT

relating to funding under the transportation allotment for transporting meals and instructional materials to students during a declared disaster.

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

SECTION 1. Section 48.151, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (n) to read as follows:

(h) Funds allotted under this section must be used in providing transportation services. Transporting a meal or instructional materials as provided by Subsection (n) is included in transportation services under this subsection.

(n) For the duration of a declared disaster, a school district located in an area that is wholly or partly the subject of a disaster declaration by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, or by the president of the United States may be reimbursed on a per-mile basis for the cost of transporting a meal or instructional materials to a student's residence or to another location, designated by the district, for pick up by the student.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the Senate on April 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 462 passed the House, with amendment, on May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 117, Nays 30, two present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor