Senate File 2094 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY KETTERING Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to transportation provided to children attending 2 a preschool program administered by a community empowerment 3 area. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5164XS 82 6 jp/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 28.5, Code 2007, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. If children attending a preschool 1 4 program administered by a community empowerment area are 1 5 regularly transported in order to attend the program in a 1 6 vehicle provided by a school district in which the preschool 1 7 is located, the vehicle may transport the children within 1 8 other school districts without receiving the approval of the 1 9 other school districts. The authorization provided by this 1 10 subsection is limited to transportation provided within 1 11 contiguous school districts to locations that are not more 1 12 than three linear miles from the boundary of the school 1 13 district providing the vehicle. The authorization is 1 14 applicable whether or not the transporting vehicle is a marked 1 15 school bus. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill relates to transportation provided to children 1 18 attending a preschool program administered by a community 1 19 empowerment area. 1 20 Code section 28.5, outlining general provisions for 1 21 community empowerment areas, is amended with a new subsection. 1 22 If children attending a preschool program administered by a 1 23 community empowerment area are regularly transported in order 1 24 to attend the program in a vehicle provided by a school 1 25 district in which the preschool is located, the vehicle may 1 26 transport the children within other school districts without 1 27 receiving the approval of the other school districts. The 1 28 authorization to transport without approval of the other 1 29 districts is limited to transportation provided within 1 30 contiguous school districts to locations that are not more 1 31 than three linear miles from the boundary of the school 1 32 district providing the vehicle. The authorization is 1 33 applicable whether or not the transporting vehicle is a marked 1 34 school bus. 1 35 LSB 5164XS 82 2 1 jp/nh/5.1