Instructions: In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.
Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Bus Utility and Safety in School
Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
(1) school transportation issues remain a concern for
parents, local educational agencies, lawmakers, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National
Transportation Safety Board, and the Environmental Protection
Agency;
(2) millions of children face potential future health
problems because of exposure to noxious fumes emitted from
older school buses;
(3) many rural local educational agencies are operating
outdated, unsafe school buses that are failing inspection,
resulting in a depletion of the school bus fleets of the local
educational agencies; and
(4) many rural local educational agencies are unable to
afford newer and safer buses.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to establish within the
Department of Education a Federal cost-sharing program to assist rural
local educational agencies with older, unsafe school bus fleets in
purchasing newer, safer school buses.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:
(1) Rural local educational agency.--The term ''rural local
educational agency'' means a local educational agency, as
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801), with respect to which--
(A) each county in which a school served by the
local educational agency is located has a total
population density of fewer than 10 persons per square
mile;
(B) all schools served by the local educational
agency are designated with a school locale code of 7 or
8, as determined by the Secretary of Education; or
(C) all schools served by the local educational
agency have been designated, by official action taken
by the legislature of the State in which the local
educational agency is located, as rural schools for
purposes relating to the provision of educational
services to students in the State.
(2) School bus.--The term ''school bus'' means a vehicle
the primary purpose of which is to transport students to and
from school or school activities.
(3) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.

SEC. 4. GRANT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--From amounts made available under subsection (e)
for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide grants, on a competitive
basis, to rural local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of
the cost of purchasing new school buses.
(b) Application.--
(1) In general.--Each rural local educational agency that
seeks to receive a grant under this Act shall submit to the
Secretary for approval an application at such time, in such
manner, and accompanied by such information (in addition to
information required under paragraph (2)) as the Secretary may
require.
(2) Contents.--Each application submitted under paragraph
(1) shall include--
(A) documentation that, of the total number of
school buses operated by the rural local educational
agency, not less than 50 percent of the school buses
are in need of repair or replacement;
(B) documentation of the number of miles that each
school bus operated by the rural local educational
agency traveled in the most recent 9-month academic
year;
(C) documentation that the rural local educational
agency is operating with a reduced fleet of school
buses;
(D) a certification from the rural local
educational agency that--
(i) authorizes the application of the rural
local educational agency for a grant under this
Act; and
(ii) describes the dedication of the rural
local educational agency to school bus
replacement programs and school transportation
needs (including the number of new school buses
needed by the rural local educational agency);
and
(E) an assurance that the rural local educational
agency will pay the non-Federal share of the cost of
the purchase of new school buses under this Act from
non-Federal sources.
(c) Priority.--
(1) In general.--In providing grants under this Act, the
Secretary shall give priority to rural local educational
agencies that, as determined by the Secretary--
(A) are transporting students in a bus manufactured
before 1977;
(B) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses;
or
(C) serve a school that is required, under section
1116(b)(9) of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6316(b)(9)), to provide
transportation to students to enable the students to
transfer to another public school served by the rural
local educational agency.
(d) Payments; Federal Share.--
(1) Payments.--The Secretary shall pay to each rural local
educational agency having an application approved under this
section the Federal share described in paragraph (2) of the
cost of purchasing such number of new school buses as is
specified in the approved application.
(2) Federal share.--The Federal share of the cost of
purchasing a new school bus under this Act shall be 75 percent.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act--
(1) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and
(2) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
2007 through 2011.
Output:
Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a grossly depleted fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA.