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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation within a school district of a student |
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entitled to a public education grant. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.2021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.2021. TRANSPORTATION. The school district in which |
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a student resides shall: |
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(1) provide each student attending another school in |
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the district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to |
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and from the school the student attends; and |
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(2) provide each student attending a school in another |
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district under this subchapter transportation free of charge to and |
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from the school the student would otherwise attend. |
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SECTION 2. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (g-1) and (g-2) to read as follows: |
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(g-1) A school district that provides transportation |
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services for students under Section 29.2021(1) to a campus in the |
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district other than the student's campus of regular attendance is |
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entitled to a state allocation paid on a previous year's |
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cost-per-mile basis. The maximum rate per mile allowable shall be |
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set by appropriation based on data gathered from the first year of |
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each preceding biennium. |
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(g-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (g-1), the maximum rate |
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per mile allowable for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, |
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2015, for purposes of that subsection shall be set by appropriation |
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based on available data. This subsection expires September 1, |
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2015. |
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SECTION 3. Section 29.203(f), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |