Bill > A3688

Introduced Session

This bill expands eligibility for school transportation services to require transportation or aid-in-lieu-of payments for nonpublic school pupils who reside within the county of the school district of residence. Under current law, a school district that provides transportation for public school pupils who reside remote from school (two miles in the case of an elementary school student and two and a half miles in the case of a secondary school student) is also required to provide transportation or aid-in-lieu-of transportation to pupils residing in the school district who attend a remote nonpublic school located within the State provided that the nonpublic school is located not more than 20 miles from the residence of the pupil. Under this bill, a school district is to also provide transportation or aid-in-lieu of transportation to pupils attending a remote nonpublic school located within the same county as the residence of the pupil regardless of the school's distance from the pupil's residence. This bill also repeals a statutory provision that references the 20-mile limitation for nonpublic school transportation that is inconsistent with the county-based system provided for in the bill.

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Don Guardian (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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