legislation: 110-s-3590

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110-s-3590 110 s 3590 Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008 Education 2008-09-25 2008-09-25 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9503) Senate Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] NV D R000146 0 Bus Utility and Safety in School Transportation Opportunity and Purchasing Act of 2008 - Directs the Secretary of Transportation to provide grants, on a competitive basis, to rural local educational agencies (LEAs) to pay the federal share (75%) of costs of purchasing new school buses. Requires the Secretary, in providing such grants, to give priority to rural LEAs that: (1) are transporting students in a bus manufactured before 1977; (2) have a strained fleet of school buses; or (3) serve a school required by law to provide transportation to students to enable them to transfer to another public school served by the rural LEA. Authorizes the Secretary to use up to 5% of formula grants for non-urbanized areas to carry out this Act. 2020-02-12T18:55:58Z  

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