PRINTER'S NO. 2082
No. 1740 Session of 1991
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, BILLOW, E. Z. TAYLOR, KASUNIC, LAWLESS,
TRELLO, BELARDI, STABACK AND SURRA, JUNE 24, 1991
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, JUNE 24, 1991
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," further providing for the kinds of
6 transportation authorized.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 1362 of the act of March 10, 1949
10 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 amended November 20, 1979 (P.L.465, No.97), is amended to read:
12 Section 1362. Kinds of Transportation; Liability
13 Insurance.--The free transportation of pupils, as required or
14 authorized by this act, or any other act, may be furnished by
15 using either school conveyances, private conveyances, or
16 electric railways, or other common carriers, when the total
17 distance which any pupil must travel by the public highway to or
18 from school, in addition to such transportation, does not exceed
19 one and one-half (1 1/2) miles, and when stations or other
1 proper shelters are provided for the use of such pupils where
2 needed, and when the highway, road, or traffic conditions are
3 not such that walking constitutes a hazard to the safety of the
4 child, as so certified by the Department of Transportation. No
5 school district shall establish any school bus routes that would
6 require any student to travel more than one-fourth (1/4) mile
7 from the student's residence to the school bus stop. The
8 Department of Transportation shall take into account the
9 presence of sidewalks along the highway, but such presence or
10 lack thereof shall not be controlling and the department shall
11 consider all relevant safety factors in making its determination
12 as to whether or not walking constitutes a hazard to pupils. All
13 private motor vehicles employed in transporting pupils for hire
14 shall be adequately covered by public liability insurance in
15 such amount as the board of school directors shall require.
16 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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