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H0192................................................by EDUCATION COMMITTEE
SCHOOL DISTRICT TRANSPORTATION - Amends existing law to provide that the
board of trustees of any school district may purchase or lease, and
maintain and operate school buses and vans, which vans shall not have a
seating capacity in excess of fifteen persons; and to provide that school
districts may enter into agreements or contracts for the use of a charter
bus or buses.
02/09 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/10 Rpt prt - to Educ
03/09 Rpt out - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough(Barraclough), Barrett, Bell, Bieter,
Black, Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh,
Linford, Loertscher, Marley, McKague, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Mader, Meyer
Floor Sponsor - Gould
Title apvd - to Senate
03/12 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
03/16 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rules susp - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Parry
Floor Sponsor - Deide
Title apvd - to House
03/18 To enrol
03/19 Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/23 To Governor
03/26 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 373
Effective: 07/01/99
H0192|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 192 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS; AMENDING SECTION 3 33-1501, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF ANY SCHOOL DIS- 4 TRICT MAY PURCHASE OR LEASE, AND MAINTAIN AND OPERATE SCHOOL BUSES AND 5 VANS, WHICH VANS SHALL NOT HAVE A SEATING CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF FIFTEEN 6 PERSONS, AND MAY ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS FOR THE USE OF A 7 CHARTER BUS OR BUSES. 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 9 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1501, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 10 amended to read as follows: 11 33-1501. TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZED. To afford more equal opportunity for 12 public school attendance, the board of trustees of each district, including 13 specially chartered school districts, shall, where practicable, provide trans- 14 portation for the public school pupils within the district, and pupils resi- 15 dent within adjoining districts annually agreed to in writing by the districts 16 involved, under conditions and limitations herein set forth. Nonpublic school 17 students may be transported, where practicable, when the full costs for pro- 18 viding such transportation are recovered. In approving the routing of any 19 school bus, or in the maintenance and operation of all such transportation 20 equipment, or in the appointment or employment of chauffeurs, the primary 21 requirements to be observed by the board of trustees are the safety and ade- 22 quate protection of the health of the pupils. Nothing herein contained shall 23 prevent any board of trustees from denying transportation to any pupil in any 24 school bus operated by or under the authority of said board, upon good cause 25 being given, in writing, to the parents or guardian, or either of them, of 26 such pupil. 27 No board of trustees shall be required to provide transportation for any 28 pupil living less than one and one-half (1 1/2) miles from the nearest appro- 29 priate school. A board of trustees may require pupils who live less than one 30 and one-half (1 1/2) miles from the nearest established bus stop to walk or 31 provide their own transportation to such bus stop. That distance shall be 32 determined by the nearest and best route from the junction of the driveway of 33 the pupil's home and the nearest public road, to the nearest door of the 34 schoolhouse he attends, or to the bus stop, as the case may be. The board may 35 transport any pupil a lesser distance when in its judgment the age or health 36 or safety of the pupil warrants. 37 A day care center, family day care home, or a group day care facility, as 38 defined in section 39-1102, Idaho Code, may substitute for the student's resi- 39 dence for student transportation to and from school. School districts may not 40 transport students between child care facilities and home. Student transporta- 41 tion between a child care facility and a school will qualify for state reim- 42 bursement providing that the child care facility is one and one-half (1 1/2) 43 miles or more from the school to which the student is transported. 2 1 To effectuate the public policy hereby declared, the board of trustees of 2 any school district may purchase or lease, and maintain and operate school 3 buses and vans, which vans shall not have a seating capacity in excess 4 of fifteen (15) persons; may enter into agreements or contracts for the use of 5 a charter bus or buses ; may enter into contracts with individuals, 6 firms, corporations or private carriers; or may make payments to parents or 7 guardians, subject to the limitations herein provided, when transportation is 8 not furnished by the district.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08823
The Purpose of this legislation is to amend section 33-1501, Idaho
Code, to provide the board of trustees of any school district the
ability to purchase or lease, and maintain and operate school buses
and vans, which vans shall not have a seating capacity in excess of
fifteen persons. The board of trustees will also be provided the
ability to enter into agreements of contracts for the use of a
charter bus or buses.
FISCAL NOTE
None.
CONTACT: Representative Celia Gould 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE Bill No. H 192