H. B. 2878
(By Delegates Fleischauer, Shaver, Rodighiero,
Eldridge, Ellis, Bench, Williams, Moye,
Moore and Schadler)
[Introduced January 9, 2008; referred to the
Committee on Education then Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-48, relating to
county boards of education; requiring that transportation to
and from school be provided for each child that needs or
desires transportation; requiring that each board establish
and observe strict transportation schedules for its bussing
students; and requiring that new routes scheduled limit the
periods of travel to several specific times based upon whether
the students are in elementary school, middle school or high
school.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5-48, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-48.
Duty of the county board of education to provide and adhere to reasonable transportation schedules.
(a) Beginning the school year two thousand eight--two thousand
nine and continuing thereafter, each county board of education
shall provide transportation to and from school for each school
child in the county that needs or desires transportation.
(b) Beginning the school year two thousand nine--two thousand
ten and continuing thereafter, each county board of education shall
establish, maintain and adhere to schedules for the transportation
of students to and from school. Those schedules shall set forth
the times for picking up and dropping off students. In no event may
a board create a new bus route in which the times allotted between
initial pick up and final drop off of any student exceed the
following times:
(1) For elementary students, thirty minutes;
(2) For middle school students, forty-five minutes;
(3) For high school students, sixty minutes.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require school boards to
set and maintain reliable bussing schedules for bussing students
and to limit the duration of travel for the students, based upon
their age group.
This section
is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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