| | | B.__Students in grades one to 3 to and from bus stops not | | more than one block from the students' residences.__Students | | in grades one to 3 may walk to and from school if the school | | can be clearly seen from the students' residences. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 20-A MRSA §5401, sub-§§7 and 11, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 693, | | §§5 and 8, are amended to read: |
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| | | 7. Remote location. If a student resides in a location | remote from and inaccessible to schools or | the student's parents shall be | | transportation to a public highway or paying board for the | | student within walking distance of a school. Failure of the | parent to provide transportation or board shall be | | a violation of the truancy law. |
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| | | 11. Minimum distances. A school board may establish the | | distance from a school that students in grades 4 to 12 must | | reside to receive transportation. |
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| | | This bill requires schools to transport children in | | kindergarten to grade 3 to and from school regardless of the | | distance the children live from their schools. Kindergarten | | students must be picked up and dropped off at their residences. | | Children in grades one to 3 must be transported to within one | | block of their residences. Children in grades one to 3 may walk | | if their residences can be clearly seen from their schools. |
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