GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 1225
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/14/97

Short Title:  School Transportation.	(Public)

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May 5, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS TO PICK UP AND DISCHARGE PUPILS AT PLACES DESIGNATED BY PARENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115C-242(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	A school bus may be used for the transportation of pupils enrolled in and employees in the operation of the school to which such bus is assigned by the superintendent of the local school administrative unit. Except as otherwise herein provided, such transportation shall be limited to transportation to and from such school for the regularly organized school day, and from and to the points designated by the principal of the school to which such bus is assigned, for the receiving and discharging of passengers. Upon the written request of a pupil's parent or guardian, a pupil may be transported from a location other than the pupil's residence to the pupil's school and from the pupil's school to a location other than the pupil's residence so long as the location is within the school attendance zone and on an established bus route assigned to that school, including turnaround zone, provided, the local board of education is not required to provide transportation to and from a location within one and one-half miles from the school in which the child is enrolled.  No pupil or employee shall be so transported upon any bus other than the bus to which such pupil or employee has been assigned pursuant to the provisions of this Article: Provided, that children enrolled in a Headstart program which is housed in a building owned and operated by a local school administrative unit where school is being conducted may be transported on public school buses, so long as the contractual arrangements made cause no extra expense to the State: Provided further, that children with special needs may be transported to and from the nearest appropriate private school having a special education program approved by the State Board of Education if the children to be transported are or have been placed in that program by a local school administrative unit as a result of the State or the unit's duty to provide such children with a free appropriate public education."
Section 2.  Local boards of education may adopt policies by August 15, 1997, to implement this act.
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.