HB 1818

                                                                      SENATE BILL 1896
                                                                         By Bowling
                                       HOUSE BILL 1818
                                           By Russell
                                     AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49;
                                           Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title
                                           55, Chapter 8, relative to school transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
       SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-2101(a), is amended by
redesignating the subsection as subdivision (a)(1) and adding the following as a new
subdivision:
               (2) If a board of education contracts for transportation services with persons
       owning equipment pursuant to subsection (d), then the board of education shall provide
       school transportation facilities to all students who live more than one and one-half (1 1/2)
       miles by the nearest accessible route from the school to which they are assigned by the
       board of education and in which they are enrolled.
       SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
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