Tex. Educ. Code § 34.008 · Chapter 34. TRANSPORTATION
CONTRACT WITH TRANSIT AUTHORITY, COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, OR JUVENILE BOARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A board of county school trustees or school district board of trustees may contract with a mass transit authority, commercial transportation company, or juvenile board for all or any part of a district's public school transportation if the authority, company, or board:
(1) requires its school bus drivers to have the qualifications required by and to be certified in accordance with standards established by the Department of Public Safety; and
(2) uses only those school buses or mass transit authority buses in transporting 15 or more public school students that meet or exceed safety standards for school buses established under Section 34.002.
(b) This section does not prohibit the county or school district board from supplementing the state transportation cost allotment with local funds necessary to provide complete transportation services.
(c) A mass transit authority contracting under this section for daily transportation of pre-primary, primary, or secondary students to or from school shall conduct, in a manner and on a schedule approved by the county or district school board, the following education programs:
(1) a program to inform the public that public school students will be riding on the authority's or company's buses;
(2) a program to educate the drivers of the buses to be used under the contract of the special needs and problems of public school students riding on the buses; and
(3) a program to educate public school students on bus riding safety and any special considerations arising from the use of the authority's or company's buses.
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. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 449 (H.B. 273), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 449 (H.B. 273), Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 2007.
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- Tex. Tax Code § 152.082SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLE TO OR USE OF MOTOR VEHICLE BY PUBLIC AGENCY.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.104EXEMPTIONS.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.125REFUND OR CREDIT FOR CERTAIN TAXES PAID.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.1275REFUND FOR CERTAIN METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.204EXEMPTIONS.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.227REFUND OR CREDIT FOR CERTAIN TAXES PAID.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.2275REFUND FOR CERTAIN METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.356EXEMPTIONS.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.365REFUND OR CREDIT FOR CERTAIN TAXES PAID.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
- Tex. Tax Code § 162.368REFUND FOR CERTAIN METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES.Printed as Section 34.008, Education Code
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