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.

Summary of 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.

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Substitute 1

Summary Retain original provisions; amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to govern the operation of passenger vehicles used to transport students that are owned, leased, or privately contracted by school districts; require operators of a passenger vehicle that is owned, leased, or privately contracted by the district to transport students to possess a valid Class D operator's license; amend KRS 156.153 to require the regular inspection of school buses and passenger vehicles, but limit the inspection of non-daily use passenger vehicles to once every three months; EMERGENCY

Summary of Amendment: Senate Committee Amendment 1 -- S. West

Summary Make title amendment.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 189.540
House Committee Substitute 1: 189.540
Senate Committee Substitute 1: 189.540, 156.153
Current: 189.540