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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: IntroducedJanuary 12, 2026
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 13, 2026
- 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 would be allowed to drive school buses further into another district to pick up students who have transferred through open enrollment. These changes remove the current two-mile limit on how far a bus can travel into a student's home district. This rule applies as long as the student's new school is closer to their house than their old school was.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 a pupil who open enrolls 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 strike the requirement related to distance traveled, authorizing such a receiving district to send school vehicles into the district of residence of a pupil who open enrolls 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. 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 a 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 the total enrollment of the pupil’s district of residence is less than 2,000 students, the pupil’s district of residence is contiguous to the receiving district, and the pupil’s district of residence has sent school vehicles into the receiving district. The bill modifies this provision to strike the requirement related to distance traveled, authorizing such a receiving school district to send school vehicles into the district of residence of a 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 the total enrollment of the pupil’s district of residence is less than 2,000 students, the pupil’s district of residence is contiguous to the receiving district, and the pupil’s district of residence has sent school vehicles into the receiving district. Current law authorizes a receiving district to send school vehicles into the district of residence of a 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 the boards of directors of both the sending and receiving districts agree to this arrangement. The bill does not affect this provision.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 13, 2026. On January 21, 2026 it recommended passage.
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91st General Assembly
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 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
- HF 2278 Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollme…90th General Assembly · Signed by Governor · similarBecame law
Matched by wording or an identical title.