Report Title:
School Children; Transportation
Description:
Requires the department of education to provide suitable transportation to and from school and for educational field trips for all children in grades kindergarten to twelve and in special education classes.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
951 |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to transportation of school children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 302A-406, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The department [may] shall
provide suitable transportation to and from school and for educational field
trips for all children in grades kindergarten to twelve and in special
education classes. The department shall adopt such policy, procedure, and
program as it deems necessary to provide suitable transportation. In
formulating the policy, procedure, and program, the department shall consider
the school district; the school attendance area in which a school child
normally resides; the distance the school child lives from the school; the
availability of public carriers or other means of transportation; the
frequency, regularity, and availability of public transportation; and the grade
level, physical handicap, or special learning disability of a school child, and
it may also consider such conditions and circumstances unique or peculiar to a
county or area."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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