Title 17. Education

Chapter 1. General School Law

Part III. Public Schools and School Children

Subpart A. General Provisions

17:157     Ferries, roads, and toll bridges; free passage to students

A. The free right of passage over all public ferries which are leased out or controlled by the state, parish, or municipality, excluding the Greater New Orleans Expressway, for which license is paid or toll exacted, shall provide for free passage of all students in their passage to and from school between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and between 2:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., provided that rules are adopted in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C of this Section. 

B. The free right of passage over all bridges and roads which are leased out or controlled by the state, parish, or municipality, excluding the Greater New Orleans Expressway, for which license is paid or toll exacted, shall provide for free passage of all students on a school bus, as defined in R.S. 32:1, in their passage to and from school between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and between 2:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., provided that rules are adopted in accordance with the provisions of Subsection C of this Section. 

 C. The Department of Transportation and Development may, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, adopt rules and regulations for the efficient implementation and enforcement of the provisions of this Section. 

Amended by Acts 1992, No. 904, § 1; Acts 1993, No. 345, § 1; Acts 1997, No. 1300, § 1; Acts 2023, No. 114, § 1, eff. June 6, 2023.