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Bills › 90th General Assembly

HF 2109Died when the session ended · January 23, 2024

Relating to school buses and other vehicles used to transport pupils

Topics:K–12 educationTransportation

Same legislation: SF 2047

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Also covers SF 2047.

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Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 16, 2024
  2. Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
  3. Next: House committee
  4. Next: Passes the House
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. 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

AI summary Currently, almost any vehicle used to drive children to or from school is legally called a school bus. This change would mean that certain vehicles used by school employees to take students to activities or home during emergencies are no longer considered school buses. Additionally, the new rules would allow school vehicles to use ramps or other modifications to help students in wheelchairs.1

Read the official explanation

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. 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.

Full bill text2

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§321.1§321.373

How the Code works3

Lobbying

7 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →

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90th General Assembly

SF 2047Cleared committeeSenate companionHF 2109Cleared committeeHouse companion