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H. B. No. 597 As IntroducedAs Introduced
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Brady, Yuko, Harwood, Brown
A BILL
To amend section 3327.01 of the Revised Code to
require school districts to transport pupils in
grades kindergarten through eight who live within
two miles of school but do not have access to a
sidewalk or path constructed for pedestrian use en
route to school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3327.01 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 3327.01. Notwithstanding division (D) of section
3311.19 and division (D) of section 3311.52 of the Revised Code,
this section and sections 3327.011, 3327.012, and 3327.02 of
the
Revised
Code do not apply to any joint vocational or
cooperative
education school district.
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts
where resident school pupils in grades kindergarten through eight
live more than two miles from, or live within two miles from but
do not have access to a sidewalk or a path constructed for
pedestrian use en route to, the school for
which the state
board
of education prescribes minimum standards
pursuant to
division
(D)
of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code
and to which
they are
assigned by the board of education of the
district of
residence
or
to and from the nonpublic
or community
school which they
attend
the board of education shall provide
transportation for
such
pupils to and from such school except
as
provided in
section
3327.02 of the Revised Code.
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts
where pupil transportation is required under a career-technical
plan approved by the state board of education under section
3313.90 of the Revised Code, for any student attending a
career-technical program operated by another school district,
including a joint vocational school district, as prescribed under
that section, the board of education of the student's district of
residence shall provide transportation from the public high school
operated by that district to which the student is assigned to the
career-technical program.
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts
the
board may provide transportation for resident school pupils
in
grades nine through twelve to and from the high school to
which
they are assigned by the board of education of the district
of
residence or to and from the
nonpublic or community
high school
which they
attend for which the state board of
education
prescribes minimum
standards pursuant to division (D) of
section
3301.07 of the
Revised Code.
A board of education shall not be required to transport
elementary or high school pupils to and from a
nonpublic or
community school
where such transportation would
require more than
thirty minutes
of direct travel time as measured
by school bus
from the
public school building to which the pupils would be
assigned if attending the public school designated by the
district
of residence.
Where it is impractical to transport a pupil by school
conveyance, a board of education may
offer payment, in lieu of
providing such
transportation
in accordance with section 3327.02
of the Revised Code.
In all city, local, and exempted village school districts
the
board shall provide transportation for all children who are
so
disabled that they are unable to walk to and from the
school
for
which the state board of education prescribes minimum
standards
pursuant to division (D) of section 3301.07 of the
Revised Code
and which they attend. In case of dispute whether
the
child is
able to walk to and from the school, the health
commissioner shall
be the judge of such ability. In all city,
exempted village, and
local school districts the board shall
provide transportation to
and from school or special education
classes for educable mentally
retarded children in accordance
with
standards adopted by the
state board of education.
When transportation of pupils is provided the conveyance
shall be run on a time schedule that shall be adopted and put in
force by the board not later than ten days after the beginning of
the school term.
The cost of any transportation service authorized by this
section shall be paid first out of federal funds, if any,
available for the purpose of pupil transportation, and secondly
out of state appropriations, in accordance with regulations
adopted by the state board of education.
No transportation of any pupils shall be provided by any
board of education to or from any school which in the selection
of
pupils, faculty members, or employees, practices
discrimination
against any person on the grounds of race, color,
religion, or
national origin.
Section 2. That existing section 3327.01 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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