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Relating to school bus route ride time limitations
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 4, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill authorizes school boards to extend one-way school bus riding times for pupils in a number of ways. First, a school board may extend the riding time limitation, which is established for elementary pupils under rules adopted by the state board of education, from 60 minutes to 75 minutes. Second, a school board may extend the riding time for an elementary or high school pupil beyond 75 minutes if the board holds two public hearings on a proposed resolution describing the bus route change, publishes notice of the public hearings, notifies all affected persons of the proposed change 30 days before the route change is made, and adopts the resolution at the next regularly scheduled board meeting.
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Finally, a school board may extend the riding time for elementary or high school pupils for purposes of meeting specific educational needs.
House subcommittee
Named February 4, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part