Tex. Educ. Code § 34.002 · Chapter 34. TRANSPORTATION
SAFETY STANDARDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Department of Public Safety, with the advice of the Texas Education Agency, shall establish safety standards for school buses used to transport students in accordance with Section 34.003.
(b) Each school district shall meet or exceed the safety standards for school buses established under Subsection (a).
(c) A school district that fails or refuses to meet the safety standards for school buses established under this section is ineligible to share in the transportation allotment under Section 48.151 until the first anniversary of the date the district begins complying with the safety standards.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1438, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 9.01, eff. June 18, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.040, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.34.htm
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Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.013APPLICABILITY OF TITLE.Printed as Sections 34.002, 34.003, 34.004, and 34.008
- Tex. Educ. Code § 34.008CONTRACT WITH TRANSIT AUTHORITY, COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, OR JUVENILE BOARD.Printed as Section 34.002
- Tex. Educ. Code § 34.009CONTRACTS FOR USE, ACQUISITION, OR LEASE OF SCHOOL BUS.Printed as Section 34.002, Education Code
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