appropriation; rural school bus routes

Plain English Breakdown

The official source confirms the funding amount, recipient agencies, and purpose but does not specify a timeline for completing the study or list specific participating locations.

Funding a Study on Rural School Bus Routes in Northern Arizona

This bill gives $2,880,000 from the state budget to help plan and study school bus routes for rural areas.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $2,880,000 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2027.
• Gives this money to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
• Requires ADOT to share the funds with the Northern Arizona Council of Governments.
• Uses the money specifically for a study on rural school bus routes.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
• The Northern Arizona Council of Governments
• Schools and students in rural areas

Terms To Know

Appropriation

An official act that sets aside money from the government budget for a specific use.

General Fund

The main account where the state keeps most of its tax revenue to pay for services.

Fiscal Year 2027

The government's one-year budget period that runs from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not say when the study must be finished.
• The text does not list which specific towns or schools will take part in the study.
• It is unclear if this money covers any other costs besides planning and research.

Official Summary Text

HB2894 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB2894
:
appropriation; rural school bus routes

Sponsor:
Representative Tsosie, LD 6

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$2,880,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the Northern Arizona
Council of Governments for a rural school bus routes study.

History

Laws 1973, Chapter 146
established ADOT to provide for
an integrated and balanced state transportation system with a director
responsible for the Department's administration (
A.R.S. � 28-331
). ADOT has exclusive control
and jurisdiction over state highways, state routes, state-owned airports and
all state-owned transportation systems or modes.

The duties of ADOT
are as follows: 1) register motor vehicles and aircraft, license drivers,
collect revenues, enforce motor vehicle and aviation statutes and perform
related functions; 2) do multimodal state transportation planning, cooperate
and coordinate transportation planning with local governments and establish an
annually updated priority program of capital improvements for all transportation
modes; 3) design and construct transportation facilities in accordance with a
priority plan and maintain and operate state highways, state owned airports and
state public transportation systems; 4) investigate new transportation systems
and cooperate with and advise local governments concerning the development and
operation of public transit systems; 5) have administrative jurisdiction of
transportation safety programs and implement them following applicable law; and
6) operate a state motor vehicle fleet for all motor vehicles that are owned,
leased or rented by this state (
A.R.S. � 28- 332
).

Provisions

1.

Appropriates $2,880,000 from the
state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute to the Northern Arizona Council of
Governments for a rural school bus routes study.

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Current Bill Text

HB2894 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; rural school bus routes

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2894

Introduced by

Representative
Tsosie

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
transportation.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of transportation; rural school bus routes study

The sum of $2,880,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to distribute to the northern Arizona council of governments for
a rural school bus routes study.