TITLE: Relating to transportation of students entitled to a public education grant.

SUMMARY: Relating to transportation of students entitled to a public education grant.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to transportation of students entitled to a public education grant. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 29, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 29.2021 to read as follows: Sec. 29.2021. TRANSPORTATION. (a) The school district in which a student resides shall provide each student attending in accordance with this subchapter another school in the district or a school in a contiguous school district with transportation free of charge to and from the school the student attends. (b) The school district in which a student resides may contract with a private entity or another school district for transportation services necessary to provide transportation required under Subsection (a). (c) The school district in which a student resides shall provide each student attending a school in another school district in accordance with this subchapter that is not contiguous to the district in which the student resides with transportation free of charge to and from the school the student would otherwise attend. SECTION 2. Section 29.203(f), Education Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.