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House Bill 430

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Last Action	03/07/25: to Education (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to school bus safety training.
Bill Documents	Current Introduced
Bill Request Number	1349
Sponsors	M. Clines, K. Banta, B. Chester-Burton, D. Grossberg
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require regular instruction of pupils in school bus safety; allow a school district to obtain an exemption from any school bus safety instruction requirement if the district transports 48 or fewer pupils in the district's gross average daily attendance of transported pupils; require exempted districts to develop and implement a school bus safety instruction policy.
Index Headings of Original Version	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Transportation - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Public Safety - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - School bus safety instruction requirements, Kentucky Board of Education, establishment Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, school bus safety instruction requirements, establishment
Jump to Proposed Amendments	House Committee Substitute 1
Votes	Vote History

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02/11/25	introduced in House to Committee on Committees (H)
02/14/25	to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
02/26/25	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
02/27/25	2nd reading, to Rules posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
03/05/25	3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
03/06/25	received in Senate to Committee on Committees (S)
03/07/25	to Education (S)

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment	House Committee Substitute 1
Summary	Retain original provisions; remove the requirement that the school district request the exemption from the Kentucky Board of Education; require that the safety instruction be provided prior to the use of district-owned school buses; require that failure to implement a mandatory instruction policy be grounds for the Kentucky Board of Education to revoke the school district's exemption.
Index Headings	Education, Elementary and Secondary - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Transportation - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Public Safety - School bus safety instruction requirements, establishment Boards and Commissions - Kentucky Board of Education, school bus safety instruction requirements, establishment

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