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places of historical, industrial or educational importance within or without

the boundaries of the school district or territory under the control of the mana-
ging boards: Provided, That pupils so transported shall be deemed under school
control and discipline and shall in all cases be accompanied by suitable school
officials or instructors.

Sece 9. County system of transportation. In any county of the state
of Kansas, the board of county commissioners shall be required, on receipt of a
petition signed by 40% or more of the qualified voters as shown by the vote cast
for secretary of state in the county at the last general election, to submit at
the next general election a proposal to establish a county system of school trans=
portation. The ballots used at such an election shall be marked "For county schoo:
transportation” and “Against county school transportation" and the majority of all
votes cast on the proposal shall be required to carry it.

Sec. 10. County transportation committee, Upon the passage of such a
proposal, the board of county commissioners shall appoint one person as a member
of the county school transportation committee. The county superintendent shall
appoint a second member and the county superintendent shall be the third member.
This committee shall plan and devise a system of school transportation for the
high school students of the county: Provided, That no teacher, principal or
superintendent other than the county superintendent or any member of any board
of education or school district board shall be cligible to serve as a member of
such committee. The office of the county school transportation committee shall
be in the office of the county superintendent who shall be the chairman of the
committee. The meetings of the committee shall be at such times as the committee
mey determine or at the call of the county superintendent. Secretarial service
for the committee may be performed by the county superintendent himself or by
any clerk employed in his office. Minutes of said mectings shall be fully and
clearly kept and shall constitute the official record of the proceedings of the
committee «

- Sec. ll. County transportation committee; powers and duties. It shall
be the duty of the county school transportation committee to divide the territory
of the county into transportation districts tributary to the several high schools
of the county, defining the several areas of the county within which the respect-
ive high school districts, or districts or cities maintaining high schools, may
transport pupils to their respective high schools. The governing boards of the
several districts maintaining high schools may transport all high school students
resident in the territory allotted to it in accordance with the provisions of
section 2, 5, 7 and 8 of this act: Provided, That the provisions of section 6

of this act shall not apply to any high school in any county which has elected

to set up a county system of high school transportation and has appointed a count.
school transportation committee.

Sece 12. Attendance in schools nct served by the systeme Any pupil
in the county resident in the county desiring to attend a high school within the
county not served by the transportation system allotted to his portion cf the
county may do so provided he furnishes his own transportation without cost to
either the district in which he lives or the one containing the school he attends
or the county school transportaticn committee.

Sec. 13. Sections 72-601 to 72-605, inclusive, 72-701, 72-702, 72-
2517a, 72-3601 and 72-3602 of the General Statutes of 1935, and sections 72-606
to 72-609, inclusive, 72-2517, 72-2517b and 72=2517c of the General Statutes
Supplement of 1939 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after
its publication in the statute bock.