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  89R5136 GP-D     By: Raymond H.B. No. 1542       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to funding under the transportation allotment for certain   special education students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 48.151(g), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (g)  A school district or county that provides special   transportation services for eligible special education students is   entitled to a state allocation at a [ paid on a previous year's   cost-per-mile basis. The ] rate of $1.50 per mile or a greater   amount provided [ allowable shall be set ] by appropriation [ based on   data gathered from the first year of each preceding biennium ].   Districts may use a portion of their support allocation to pay   transportation costs, if necessary. The commissioner may grant an   amount set by appropriation for private transportation to reimburse   parents or their agents for transporting eligible special education   students. The mileage allowed shall be computed along the shortest   public road from the student's home to school and back, morning and   afternoon. The need for this type of transportation shall be   determined on an individual basis and shall be approved only in   extreme hardship cases.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.