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Panel debates SB 291 to allow buses on hazardous routes within two miles of school
Summary
S.B. 291 would let districts use existing state transportation funding for students living within two miles if their walking route is hazardous. Witnesses described local dangerous crossings; sponsors said a substitute will narrow hazardous‑route definitions to avoid an unfunded mandate. The transcript records a voice vote but contains contradictory language about the final outcome.
S.B. 291, a proposal to let districts qualify some students who live within two miles of their school for state transportation funding when walking routes are hazardous, drew testimony about local dangers and broad concern about fiscal and definitional complexity.
Senator Buss described the bill as narrowly focused: it would define "hazardous routes" and allow districts to claim existing state transportation reimbursement for an added stop or a second…
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