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Relating to school buses and other vehicles used to transport pupils
Topics:K–12 educationTransportation
Same legislation: SF 2047
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- 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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
Under current law, every vehicle operated for the transportation of children to or from school is considered a school bus, with limited exceptions including new or used motor vehicles designed to carry not more than persons as passengers, including the driver, or used passenger vans designed to carry not more than persons as passengers, including the driver, which are used to transport pupils to activity events or in emergency situations if the vehicle is operated by an approved employee of the school district.
Read the full explanation
This bill instead excludes from the definition of “school bus” all new or used motor vehicles designed to carry not more than persons as passengers, including the driver, which are used to transport pupils to activity events in which the pupils are participants, or used to transport pupils to their homes in case of illness or other emergency situations.373. In accordance with current law, the vehicles must be operated by employees of the school district who are specifically approved by the local superintendent of schools for the assignment.4(2)(g)). The bill requires DE rules to authorize the use of vehicles modified or manufactured to accommodate wheelchair access with or without the use of a ramp.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
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