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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 852 & others, 2nd Eng.
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Starks, Sublette, and Suarez offered the
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14 Amendment to Amendment (863613) (with title amendment)
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18 Section 19. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
19 234.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 234.01 Purpose; transportation; when provided.--
21 (1) School boards, after considering recommendations
22 of the superintendent:
23 (b) Shall provide transportation for public elementary
24 school students in membership whose grade level does not
25 exceed grade 6, if such students are subjected to hazardous
26 walking conditions as provided in s. 234.021 while en route to
27 or from school.
28 Section 20. Subsections (1) and (2) of section
29 234.021, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
30 234.021 Hazardous walking conditions.--
31 (1) DEFINITION.--As used in this section, "student"
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1 means any public elementary school student whose grade level
2 does not exceed grade 6.
3 (2) IDENTIFICATION.--
4 (a) When a request for review is made to the district
5 superintendent of schools or the district superintendent's
6 designee concerning a condition perceived to be hazardous to
7 students in that district who live within the 2-mile limit and
8 who walk to school, such condition shall be inspected by a
9 representative of the school district and a representative of
10 the local governmental entity where the perceived hazardous
11 condition exists. Such representatives shall determine whether
12 or not the condition is hazardous to such students and shall
13 report to the Department of Education with respect thereto.
14 Upon a determination that a condition is hazardous to such
15 students, the district school board shall request a
16 determination from the state or local governmental entity
17 having jurisdiction regarding whether the hazard will be
18 corrected and, if so, regarding a projected completion date.
19 (b) State funds shall be allocated for the
20 transportation of students subjected to such hazards until,
21 provided that such funding shall cease upon correction of the
22 hazard is corrected or until upon the projected completion
23 date, whichever occurs first. The Florida Department of
24 Transportation shall cooperate with local governments to
25 construct walkways parallel to state roads to correct a
26 hazardous walking condition. If the hazardous walking
27 condition is not correctable, or if correcting it is not
28 economically feasible, state funds shall be allocated for the
29 transportation of students subjected to such hazards.
30 (c)(b) It is intended that district school boards and
31 local governmental entities work cooperatively to identify
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1 conditions which are hazardous to students who must walk to
2 school. It is further intended that state or local
3 governmental entities having jurisdiction correct such
4 hazardous conditions within a reasonable period of time.
5 Section 21. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
6 236.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 236.083 Funds for student transportation.--The annual
8 allocation to each district for transportation to public
9 school programs of students in membership in kindergarten
10 through grade 12, in migrant and exceptional student programs
11 below kindergarten, and in any other state-funded
12 prekindergarten program shall be determined as follows:
13 (1) Subject to the rules of the commissioner, each
14 district shall determine the membership of students who are
15 transported:
16 (e) With respect to elementary school students whose
17 grade level does not exceed grade 6, By reason of being
18 subjected to hazardous walking conditions en route to or from
19 school as provided in s. 234.021. Such rules shall, when
20 appropriate, provide for the determination of membership under
21 this paragraph for less than 1 year to accommodate the needs
22 of students who require transportation only until such
23 hazardous conditions are corrected or until such students are
24 no longer subjected to the hazardous walking conditions; and
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28 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 amending s. 234.01, F.S., relating to the
2 determination of student membership for
3 transportation; requiring school boards to
4 provide transportation for public school
5 students who are subjected to hazardous walking
6 conditions, regardless of age; amending s.
7 234.021, F.S., relating to hazardous walking
8 conditions; revising the definition of student
9 for purposes of transportation due to hazardous
10 walking conditions; revising requirements
11 regarding the provision of state funds for the
12 transportation of students subjected to
13 hazardous walking conditions; requiring the
14 Florida Department of Transportation to
15 cooperate with local governments to construct
16 walkways parallel to state roads to correct a
17 hazardous walking condition; amending s.
18 236.083, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
19 funds for student transportation to conform;
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