HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2405
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010
STATE OF HAWAII

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  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Transportation; School Children

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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