Dispatch Information

Public school transportation is governed by Texas Education Code, Sec. 42.155. Under this code, a "regular eligible student" refers to a student who resides two or more miles from their campus of regular attendance, measured along the shortest route that can be traveled on public roads, and who is not classified as a student eligible for special education services. The school district may apply for and, on approval of the commissioner, receive an additional amount of up to 10 percent of its regular transportation allotment to be used for the transportation of children living within two miles of the school they attend who would be subject to hazardous traffic conditions if they walked to school. Each Board of Trustees shall provide to the commissioner the definition of hazardous conditions applicable to that district and identify the hazardous areas for which the allocation is requested. A hazardous condition exists where no walkway is provided and children must walk along or cross a freeway or expressway, an underpass, an overpass, a bridge, an uncontrolled major traffic artery, an industrial or commercial area, or another comparable condition.

Temple ISD transports all regular eligible students who live a mile or more from their home campus to and from school.

Definitions:

"Campus of regular attendance" = home school campus —The "home school" campus is determined by the student’s residential address and the assignment boundary of each school.

"Hazardous traffic conditions" — A road is considered hazardous to student pedestrian traffic under the following conditions: students must walk along or across a freeway, an expressway, an overpass, or an underpass, where no walkway is provided, and students must cross an uncontrolled major traffic artery. Neighborhood streets without a sidewalk are not considered hazardous to pedestrian traffic.

How are bus stops determined?