S.F. 2034 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 285.11A Bus routes —— hubs. 1 1. Each school district shall establish a bus hub for each 2 school district attendance center for the transportation of 3 students who are enrolled in the school district but are not 4 otherwise entitled to transportation under this chapter. 5 2. Each school district shall develop and publish on its 6 internet site an application that a parent or guardian of a 7 student enrolled in the school district shall use to request 8 transportation for the child from the bus hub to the school 9 designated for attendance and from the school designated for 10 attendance to the bus hub pursuant to this section. 11 3. By August 1 of the current school year for students 12 enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve, the parent 13 or guardian requesting transportation for a student in 14 accordance with this section shall submit the application for 15 such transportation to the school district. The parent or 16 guardian may submit a request after the date specified in this 17 subsection if the board of directors of the school district 18 adopts a policy granting the superintendent of the school 19 district authority to approve applications submitted after the 20 date specified in this subsection. 21 4. The school district shall provide transportation, from 22 the hub to the school designated for attendance and from the 23 school designated for attendance to the hub, to students 24 whose applications have been approved by the school district 25 in accordance with this section. A school district shall 26 approve a timely filed application submitted for a student 27 in accordance with this section unless the bus used for 28 transportation to and from the school designated for attendance 29 has insufficient seating capacity or if the school district 30 would need to add another bus for the route. 31 5. The school district shall not charge a fee to a parent 32 or guardian whose application for transportation is approved 33 by the school district in accordance with this section. A 34 school district providing transportation to students pursuant 35 -1- LSB 5222XS (2) 88 kh/jh 1/ 3

S.F. 2034 to this section shall not be reimbursed from state funds for 1 such transportation. 2 6. Each school district shall adopt a policy which defines 3 the term “insufficient seating capacity” for that district for 4 purposes of this section. 5 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 6 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 7 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 8 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 9 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 10 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 11 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 12 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 13 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 14 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 15 districts. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill requires each school district to establish a bus 20 hub for each school district attendance center for students 21 who are enrolled in the school district but are not otherwise 22 entitled to transportation. 23 Each school district must develop and publish on its 24 internet site an application that a parent or guardian of a 25 student must fill out and submit to the district by August 1 26 of the current school year if the parent or guardian wishes 27 to request hub transportation for the parent or guardian’s 28 student. The board of directors of the school district may 29 adopt a policy granting the superintendent of the school 30 district authority to approve applications submitted after the 31 deadline established by the bill. 32 Applications shall be approved unless the bus used for 33 transportation to and from the school designated for attendance 34 has insufficient seating capacity or if the school district 35 -2- LSB 5222XS (2) 88 kh/jh 2/ 3

S.F. 2034 would need to add another bus for the route. If an application 1 is approved by the district, the district must provide 2 transportation free of charge for the student between the 3 school designated for attendance and the hub to students whose 4 applications have been approved by the school district. The 5 school district shall not be reimbursed for transporting such 6 students. 7 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 8 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 9 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 10 district from state school foundation aid received by the 11 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 12 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 13 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 14 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 15 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 16 mandates included in the bill. 17 -3- LSB 5222XS (2) 88 kh/jh 3/ 3