House Bill 0319

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 319

        By Representative Suarez






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to student transportation;

  3         amending s. 234.021, F.S.; reducing the 2-mile

  4         limit regarding identification of students

  5         subject to hazardous walking conditions to 1

  6         mile; amending s. 236.083, F.S.; revising

  7         criteria for determining the membership of

  8         students to be transported to include students

  9         living 1 mile or more from school; providing an

10         effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

15  234.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

16         234.021  Hazardous walking conditions.--

17         (2)  IDENTIFICATION.--

18         (a)  When a request for review is made to the district

19  superintendent of schools or the district superintendent's

20  designee concerning a condition perceived to be hazardous to

21  students in that district who live within the 1-mile 2-mile

22  limit and who walk to school, such condition shall be

23  inspected by a representative of the school district and a

24  representative of the local governmental entity where the

25  perceived hazardous condition exists.  Such representatives

26  shall determine whether or not the condition is hazardous to

27  such students and shall report to the Department of Education

28  with respect thereto.  Upon a determination that a condition

29  is hazardous to such students, the district school board shall

30  request a determination from the state or local governmental

31  entity having jurisdiction regarding whether the hazard will

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                 HB 319

    732-106-00






  1  be corrected and, if so, regarding a projected completion

  2  date.  State funds shall be allocated for the transportation

  3  of students subjected to such hazards, provided that such

  4  funding shall cease upon correction of the hazard or upon the

  5  projected completion date, whichever occurs first.

  6         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

  7  236.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  8         236.083  Funds for student transportation.--The annual

  9  allocation to each district for transportation to public

10  school programs of students in membership in kindergarten

11  through grade 12, in migrant and exceptional student programs

12  below kindergarten, and in any other state-funded

13  prekindergarten program shall be determined as follows:

14         (1)  Subject to the rules of the commissioner, each

15  district shall determine the membership of students who are

16  transported:

17         (a)  By reason of living 1 mile 2 miles or more from

18  school;

19         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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22                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Reduces the 2-mile limit regarding the identification of
24    students subject to hazardous walking conditions to 1
      mile. Revises criteria for determining the membership of
25    students to be transported to include students living 1
      mile or more from school.
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