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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a parent to designate a child-care |
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facility or grandparent's residence for purposes of transportation |
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provided by a public school transportation system. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Subsection (b), Section 34.007, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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�������(b)��In establishing and operating the transportation |
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system, the county or school district board shall: |
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�������������(1)��[shall] employ school bus drivers certified in |
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accordance with standards and qualifications adopted by the |
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Department of Public Safety; and |
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�������������(2)��on determining eligibility for transportation |
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services,�[may] allow a parent to designate one of the following |
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locations instead of the child's residence as the regular location |
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for purposes of obtaining transportation under the system to and |
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from the child's school, if the location is an approved stop�on an |
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approved route: |
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�������������������(A)��a child-care facility, as defined by Section |
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42.002, Human Resources Code; or |
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�������������������(B)��the residence of a grandparent of the child. |
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�������SECTION�2.��This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1713 passed the Senate on |
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April�19,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�31, Nays�0. |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�1713 passed the House on |
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May�23,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�144, Nays�0, two |
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present not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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Approved: |
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������������Date |
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______________________________� |
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����������Governor |