NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (WFLA) — A Pasco County mother took her fight to Tallahassee Tuesday.

Jennifer Reznick pleaded with the Pasco County School District for years to let her daughter Cherie take the bus.

“This is not a safe two mile ride, two mile walk, two mile anything without sidewalks, in the dark, blind turns, too many cars, It’s just not a safe situation,” she explained.

“And sure enough fast forward two years my 11-year-old daughter is riding her bike to school at 6:30 in the morning and she gets hit by a car,” she said.

The problem?

Under current law, students who live within two miles from their school must either walk, get a ride, or bike unless there are hazardous walking conditions.

Florida statute defines that with a few specific qualifications.

HB 85 would expand those to include students who have to walk by a freeway, expressway or their ramps.

Reznick said, that’s great, but not enough.

“My stance on it is while this is a fantastic bill, the definition under this statute right now is only an elementary age student so I’m asking the house of representatives and all of our legislature to broaden that definition out to be all K12 students,” she explained. “This way any parent can have the right to call up the district and say hey, my child’s two-mile walk to school isn’t safe.”

“We need to have it evaluated and then that would force the district’s hand to come out and do that,” Reznick continued.

State Rep. and former Hillsborough County school board member Susan Valdes said, she wants to take things a step further.

“If we want to fix it for all children in the state of Florida, let’s get rid of that two-mile rule,” she said. “And let’s fund it, period.”

The Education Administration Subcommittee voted to recommend a bill for passage Tuesday, something Reznick said gave her hope for the first time in years.