How HB 1536 changes current law

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The bill allows for withholding a portion of state transportation funding from school districts that do not comply with requirements related to passenger restraint systems in school buses.

• Arkansas Code § 6-19-130

  (g) If a school district does not place a proposal on the ballot for the next school election under subsection (e) of this section or elect to purchase, install, and maintain passenger restraint systems as specified in subsection (f) of this section, then twenty-five percent (25%) of the state transportation funding allocated to the school district shall be withheld until the school district either places a proposal on the ballot for the next school election or purchases, installs, and maintains passenger restraint systems for all newly purchased school buses.

  This addition enforces a penalty on school districts that fail to propose or implement passenger restraint systems.