Bill Text: FL H0599 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public School Transportation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on PreK-12 Policy (EPC) [H0599 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0599-Introduced.html

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HB 599

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to public school transportation; amending
3	s. 1006.22, F.S.; authorizing district school boards to
4	designate and use certain elementary schools as
5	transportation hubs; amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising
6	provisions relating to hazardous walking conditions to
7	conform to changes made by the act; amending s. 1006.25,
8	F.S.; providing for district school board policies that
9	authorize private advertisements on school buses;
10	providing for payment of an advertisement fee and use of
11	the fee by the district school board; requiring State
12	Board of Education rules relating to display of
13	advertisements; amending s. 1011.68, F.S.; revising
14	requirements for funding the transportation of students;
15	providing an effective date.
16
17	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19	Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (12) of
20	section 1006.22, Florida Statutes, to read:
21	1006.22 Safety and health of students being transported.-
22	Maximum regard for safety and adequate protection of health are
23	primary requirements that must be observed by district school
24	boards in routing buses, appointing drivers, and providing and
25	operating equipment, in accordance with all requirements of law
26	and rules of the State Board of Education in providing
27	transportation pursuant to s. 1006.21:
28	(12)
29	(d) Each district school board, after considering
30	recommendations from the district school superintendent, may
31	designate, by map or otherwise, or may provide by district
32	school board rule for the designation of, transportation hubs
33	composed of elementary schools located in the school district
34	that shall be used as established bus stops from which middle
35	school and high school students shall be transported to their
36	designated school locations. A transportation hub shall be
37	designated as an official bus stop on a specific route to be
38	traveled regularly by a school bus pursuant to paragraph (b).
39	Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1006.23, Florida
40	Statutes, is amended to read:
41	1006.23 Hazardous walking conditions.-
42	(3) IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.-When a request
43	for review is made to the district school superintendent or the
44	district school superintendent's designee concerning a condition
45	perceived to be hazardous to students in that district who walk
46	to school, are in kindergarten through grade 5, and live within
47	the 2-mile limit or and who walk to school, are in grades 6
48	through 12, and live within the 3-mile limit, such condition
49	shall be inspected by a representative of the school district
50	and a representative of the state or local governmental entity
51	that has jurisdiction over the perceived hazardous location. The
52	district school superintendent or his or her designee and the
53	state or local governmental entity or its representative shall
54	then make a final determination that is mutually agreed upon
55	regarding whether the hazardous condition meets the state
56	criteria pursuant to this section. The district school
57	superintendent or his or her designee shall report this final
58	determination to the department.
59	Section 3. Subsection (5) is added to section 1006.25,
60	Florida Statutes, to read:
61	1006.25 School buses.-School buses shall be defined and
62	meet specifications as follows:
63	(5) ADVERTISEMENTS.-
64	(a) Private advertisements may be placed on the exterior
65	of a school bus according to district school board policies that
66	require the following:
67	1. Any individual or business entity may advertise on a
68	school bus by paying a fee to be set by the district school
69	board. Up to 5 percent of the fee collected may be used to pay
70	advertising agency costs. The remainder of the fee shall be used
71	by the district school board for school transportation purposes.
72	2. Only one individual or business entity may place
73	advertisements on a school bus.
74	(b) The design, placement, and size of signage on the
75	exterior of a school bus acknowledging the advertiser shall be
76	prescribed by rule of the State Board of Education.
77	Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
78	1011.68, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
79	1011.68 Funds for student transportation.-The annual
80	allocation to each district for transportation to public school
81	programs, including charter schools as provided in s.
82	1002.33(17)(b), of students in membership in kindergarten
83	through grade 12 and in migrant and exceptional student programs
84	below kindergarten shall be determined as follows:
85	(1) Subject to the rules of the State Board of Education,
86	each district shall determine the membership of students who are
87	transported:
88	(a)1. By reason of living 2 miles or more from an
89	elementary school that enrolls any combination of students in
90	kindergarten through grade 5.
91	2. By reason of living 3 miles or more from a middle
92	school or a high school that enrolls any combination of students
93	in grades 6 through 12.
94	Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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