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Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment
Sponsored by Sen. Jesse Green (R)
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 19, 2025
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Small school districts that have fewer than 2,000 students can now drive school buses any distance into another district to pick up students who have transferred. Larger school districts with at least 2,000 students can also send buses into other districts to pick up transfer students without any mileage limits, as long as they meet certain requirements. These changes affect how schools provide transportation for students participating in open enrollment.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment. Current law provides that a receiving district with a total enrollment of less than 2,000 students may send school vehicles not more than two miles into the district of residence of the pupil who open enrolls, for the purpose of transporting the pupil to and from school in the receiving district, if the pupil’s primary residence is closer to the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving district than the residence is to the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the sending district. The bill modifies this provision to allow a receiving district with a total enrollment of less than 2,000 students to send school vehicles into the district of residence of the pupil who open enrolls, for the purpose of transporting the pupil to and from school in the receiving district, if the pupil’s primary residence is closer to the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving district than the residence is to the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the sending district, without any restrictions related to mileage. Current law also provides that a receiving district with a total enrollment of at least 2,000 students may send school vehicles two miles or more into the district of residence of the pupil who open enrolls, regardless of the distance between the pupil’s primary residence and the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving district or the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the sending district, if certain specified requirements are satisfied. The bill strikes the two-mile provision. The bill modifies this provision to provide that a receiving district with a total enrollment of at least 2,000 students may send school vehicles into the district of residence of the pupil who open enrolls, regardless of the distance between the pupil’s primary residence and the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving district or the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the sending district, if certain specified requirements are satisfied, without any restrictions related to mileage.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 19, 2025. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. A version became law.
- HF 134 Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollme…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2278 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 2278 Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollme…90th General Assembly · Signed by Governor · same titleBecame law
- HF 41 Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollme…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 134 · same titleCleared committee
- HF 72 Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollme…90th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
- SF 29 Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollme…90th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 485 · same titleCleared committee
- SF 485 Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollme…90th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same titleCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.