BILL NUMBER: ACR 114	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2008
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2008

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member  Parra   Fuller

    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Parra  and Jeffries   ) 

                        MARCH 5, 2008

   Relative to home-to-school transportation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 114, as amended,  Parra   Fuller  .
Home-to-school transportation.
   This measure would request the Superintendent of Public
Instruction to convene a committee to investigate  cost 
savings and best practices for school districts operating
home-to-school transportation programs, not including special
education transportation. The measure also would request the
Superintendent to invite specified representatives to become members
of the committee and would request that the relevant findings or
recommendations based on the committee's investigation be posted on
the State Department of Education's Internet Web site.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Home-to-school transportation is a vital part of ensuring
the attendance of pupils at public schools; and
   WHEREAS, The  state's reimbursement payments for 
 payments by the state to reimburse  approved
home-to-school transportation costs have been declining as a
percentage of cost; and
   WHEREAS, School districts  and   , 
particularly small rural school districts  , must subsidize
unreimbursed transportation costs from their district general fund;
and
   WHEREAS, The effect of subsidizing unreimbursed transportation
costs from the district general fund impacts other educational
programs; and
   WHEREAS, In order to meet the goal of pupils reaching high
academic standards, California has adopted some of the highest
academic standards in the nation; and
   WHEREAS, In 2008, approximately $11 million that had been
allocated to fund home-to-school transportation reverted to the
state, so school districts must use their district general fund
moneys to meet the unfunded cost of school transportation; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Superintendent of Public Instruction is
requested to convene a committee to investigate cost savings and best
practices for school districts operating home-to-school
transportation programs, not including special education
transportation; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Superintendent of Public Instruction is
requested to invite representatives from the Legislative Analyst's
Office, the fiscal management and assistance team of school districts
offering home-to-school transportation, and county offices of
education, to become members of the committee; and be it further
   Resolved, That any relevant findings or recommendations that occur
as a result of the committee's investigation are requested to be
posted on the State Department of Education's Internet Web site; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.