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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1347

        By Representative Johnson






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school transportation;

  3         creating the "School Transportation Act of

  4         2001"; providing a short title; amending s.

  5         234.01, F.S.; requiring the provision of public

  6         transportation for students subjected to

  7         hazardous walking conditions whose grade level

  8         does not exceed grade 8, rather than grade 6;

  9         amending s. 236.083, F.S.; revising

10         determinations of student membership for

11         purposes of funds for student transportation to

12         include students subjected to hazardous walking

13         conditions whose grade level does not exceed

14         grade 8, rather than grade 6; providing an

15         effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  This act may be cited as the "School

20  Transportation Act of 2001."

21         Section 2.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section

22  234.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

23         234.01  Transportation; when provided.--

24         (1)  School boards, after considering recommendations

25  of the superintendent:

26         (b)  Shall provide transportation for public elementary

27  school students in membership whose grade level does not

28  exceed grade 8 6, and may provide transportation for public

29  school students in membership in grades 9 7 through 12, if

30  such students are subjected to hazardous walking conditions as

31  provided in s. 234.021 while en route to or from school.

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  1         Section 3.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section

  2  236.083, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  3         236.083  Funds for student transportation.--The annual

  4  allocation to each district for transportation to public

  5  school programs of students in membership in kindergarten

  6  through grade 12, in migrant and exceptional student programs

  7  below kindergarten, and in any other state-funded

  8  prekindergarten program shall be determined as follows:

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

10  district shall determine the membership of students who are

11  transported:

12         (e)  With respect to elementary school students whose

13  grade level does not exceed grade 8 6, by reason of being

14  subjected to hazardous walking conditions en route to or from

15  school as provided in s. 234.021. Such rules shall, when

16  appropriate, provide for the determination of membership under

17  this paragraph for less than 1 year to accommodate the needs

18  of students who require transportation only until such

19  hazardous conditions are corrected. Any funds appropriated in

20  the 2001-2002 General Appropriations Act for student

21  transportation that are in addition to the funds provided in

22  the 2000-2001 General Appropriations Act for student

23  transportation and that are not designated in the 2001-2002

24  budget workpapers as funds provided for student enrollment

25  growth shall be used to fund students transported according to

26  s. 234.01(1)(b), including those transported by school

27  district option; and

28         Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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      Requires the provision of public transportation for
  4    students subjected to hazardous walking conditions whose
      grade level does not exceed grade 8, rather than grade 6.
  5    Revises provisions relating to determinations of student
      membership for purposes of funds for student
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