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Under current Utah law, students qualify for state-funded school bus transportation based primarily on how far they live from school. This bill expands that eligibility by allowing students in kindergarten through 9th grade — who attend schools in Utah's more populous counties and whose walking route to school qualifies as a "hazardous route" — to receive state-supported transportation regardless of distance. The bill defines a hazardous route as one that requires a student to walk along high-speed roads without separated sidewalks, cross highways with four or more lanes, navigate railway crossings without warning signals, or pass through industrial zones or areas with poor lighting and drainage. It also allows parents to petition their school board to have a specific route designated as hazardous, requires districts that receive designated state funds to actually provide the transportation, and directs the state board to prioritize those funds for the districts most in need of eliminating hazardous routes.