06 AM 33
0387
ADOPTED
SENATE
SENATE
AMENDMENT TO HB 1068:
Amend
HB 1068 (LC 33 1075) by striking lines 20 through 22 of page 1.
By
striking line 25 of page 1 through line 2 of page 2 and inserting in lieu
thereof:
(A)
The board shall be required, to the greatest extent possible, to:
(1)
Maintain efficient and effective school sizes;
(2)
Use existing school facilities efficiently;
(3)
Equalize student enrollment and capacity ratios;
(4)
Consider safety of students traveling to and from schools;
(5)
Minimize the time and distance between home and school; and
(6)
Support efficient and direct feeder patterns, when possible.
These
factors shall be given priority over any other criteria;
(B)(1)
No student shall be assigned or compelled to attend any school on the basis of
race, creed, color, or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality
in attendance or increased or reduced attendance at any school of persons of one
or more particular race, creed, color, or national origin as may be evidenced by
ethnic diversity charts or maps indicating race of students, unless otherwise
ordered by a federal court or allowed by federal law based on a compelling
interest.
(2)
No attendance zone shall be established or revised on the basis of race, creed,
color, or national origin, or for the purpose of achieving equality in
attendance or increased or reduced attendance at any school of persons of one or
more particular race, creed, color, or national origin as may be evidenced by
ethnic diversity charts or maps indicating race of students, unless otherwise
ordered by a federal court or allowed by federal law based on a compelling
interest; and
By
striking "(B)"
on line 3 of page 2
and inserting in lieu thereof "(C)".