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IN HB1507

Bill

Status

Passed

2/23/2017

Primary Sponsor

Edmond Soliday

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows special education cooperatives and school corporations to enter into agreements with agencies or organizations (not limited to state-supported agencies) serving persons with developmental disabilities to use school buses for transportation.

  • Permits transportation of persons with developmental disabilities who are at least 2 years of age and live within the boundaries of the special education cooperative or school corporation.

  • Requires increased transportation costs for persons with developmental disabilities to be borne by the persons transported or the serving agency or organization, not by the school entity.

  • Prohibits persons with developmental disabilities from being required to pay for transportation if such payment would violate law.

  • Act takes effect upon passage and an emergency is declared.

Legislative Description

School buses. Provides that a special education cooperative or school corporation may enter into an agreement with an agency or organization serving individuals with a developmental disability in which a school bus or special purpose bus used by the special education cooperative or school corporation may be used to transport individuals with a developmental disability. (Current law provides that a special education cooperative or school corporation may enter into an agreement with a state supported agency serving individuals with a developmental disability in which a school bus or special purpose bus may be used to transport individuals with a developmental

Last Action

Public Law 2

2/23/2017

Committee Referrals

Family & Children Services2/7/2017
Education1/18/2017

Full Bill Text

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