| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to public school transportation; amending |
| 3 | s. 1006.22, F.S.; authorizing district school boards to |
| 4 | designate and use certain elementary schools as |
| 5 | transportation hubs; amending s. 1006.23, F.S.; revising |
| 6 | provisions relating to hazardous walking conditions to |
| 7 | conform to changes made by the act; amending s. 1006.25, |
| 8 | F.S.; providing for district school board policies that |
| 9 | authorize private advertisements on school buses; |
| 10 | providing for payment of an advertisement fee and use of |
| 11 | the fee by the district school board; requiring State |
| 12 | Board of Education rules relating to display of |
| 13 | advertisements; amending s. 1011.68, F.S.; revising |
| 14 | requirements for funding the transportation of students; |
| 15 | providing an 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. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (12) of |
| 20 | section 1006.22, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 21 | 1006.22 Safety and health of students being transported.- |
| 22 | Maximum regard for safety and adequate protection of health are |
| 23 | primary requirements that must be observed by district school |
| 24 | boards in routing buses, appointing drivers, and providing and |
| 25 | operating equipment, in accordance with all requirements of law |
| 26 | and rules of the State Board of Education in providing |
| 27 | transportation pursuant to s. 1006.21: |
| 28 | (12) |
| 29 | (d) Each district school board, after considering |
| 30 | recommendations from the district school superintendent, may |
| 31 | designate, by map or otherwise, or may provide by district |
| 32 | school board rule for the designation of, transportation hubs |
| 33 | composed of elementary schools located in the school district |
| 34 | that shall be used as established bus stops from which middle |
| 35 | school and high school students shall be transported to their |
| 36 | designated school locations. A transportation hub shall be |
| 37 | designated as an official bus stop on a specific route to be |
| 38 | traveled regularly by a school bus pursuant to paragraph (b). |
| 39 | Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1006.23, Florida |
| 40 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 41 | 1006.23 Hazardous walking conditions.- |
| 42 | (3) IDENTIFICATION OF HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.-When a request |
| 43 | for review is made to the district school superintendent or the |
| 44 | district school superintendent's designee concerning a condition |
| 45 | perceived to be hazardous to students in that district who walk |
| 46 | to school, are in kindergarten through grade 5, and live within |
| 47 | the 2-mile limit or and who walk to school, are in grades 6 |
| 48 | through 12, and live within the 3-mile limit, such condition |
| 49 | shall be inspected by a representative of the school district |
| 50 | and a representative of the state or local governmental entity |
| 51 | that has jurisdiction over the perceived hazardous location. The |
| 52 | district school superintendent or his or her designee and the |
| 53 | state or local governmental entity or its representative shall |
| 54 | then make a final determination that is mutually agreed upon |
| 55 | regarding whether the hazardous condition meets the state |
| 56 | criteria pursuant to this section. The district school |
| 57 | superintendent or his or her designee shall report this final |
| 58 | determination to the department. |
| 59 | Section 3. Subsection (5) is added to section 1006.25, |
| 60 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 61 | 1006.25 School buses.-School buses shall be defined and |
| 62 | meet specifications as follows: |
| 63 | (5) ADVERTISEMENTS.- |
| 64 | (a) Private advertisements may be placed on the exterior |
| 65 | of a school bus according to district school board policies that |
| 66 | require the following: |
| 67 | 1. Any individual or business entity may advertise on a |
| 68 | school bus by paying a fee to be set by the district school |
| 69 | board. Up to 5 percent of the fee collected may be used to pay |
| 70 | advertising agency costs. The remainder of the fee shall be used |
| 71 | by the district school board for school transportation purposes. |
| 72 | 2. Only one individual or business entity may place |
| 73 | advertisements on a school bus. |
| 74 | (b) The design, placement, and size of signage on the |
| 75 | exterior of a school bus acknowledging the advertiser shall be |
| 76 | prescribed by rule of the State Board of Education. |
| 77 | Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 78 | 1011.68, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 79 | 1011.68 Funds for student transportation.-The annual |
| 80 | allocation to each district for transportation to public school |
| 81 | programs, including charter schools as provided in s. |
| 82 | 1002.33(17)(b), of students in membership in kindergarten |
| 83 | through grade 12 and in migrant and exceptional student programs |
| 84 | below kindergarten shall be determined as follows: |
| 85 | (1) Subject to the rules of the State Board of Education, |
| 86 | each district shall determine the membership of students who are |
| 87 | transported: |
| 88 | (a)1. By reason of living 2 miles or more from an |
| 89 | elementary school that enrolls any combination of students in |
| 90 | kindergarten through grade 5. |
| 91 | 2. By reason of living 3 miles or more from a middle |
| 92 | school or a high school that enrolls any combination of students |
| 93 | in grades 6 through 12. |
| 94 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |