Bill Text: IN SB0406 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School buses.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Education [SB0406 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0406-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-19; IC 20-27.
Synopsis: School buses. Requires the state school bus committee
(committee) to have a regular meeting once each quarter (current law
requires a meeting each month). Requires the committee to adopt and
enforce rules to require that a person operating a school bus equipped
with safety belts provide instruction to the passengers on the school bus
at least one time a semester on the proper fastening of the safety belt
about the passenger's body and to conduct an emergency passenger
evacuation drill at least one time a semester. Provides that the failure
to provide the instruction or conduct the drill subjects: (1) an employee
of a school corporation to removal from employment; and (2) a person
operating a school bus under contract to cancellation of the contract.
Effective: July 1, 2011.
January 11, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Education and Career
Development.
January 31, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(1) violates any of the rules, including those adopted as required by IC 20-27-3-6.5, adopted by the state school bus committee concerning the design and operation of school buses; or
(2) fails to include an obligation to comply with those rules in a contract executed by the officer or employee on behalf of a school corporation;
is guilty of misconduct and subject to removal from office or employment.
the design and operation of school buses is guilty of breach of contract.
The contract may be canceled after notice and hearing by responsible
officers of the school corporation.
(1) shall hold one (1) regular meeting each
(2) may hold special meetings as the chairperson considers necessary.
(b) Four (4) voting members of the committee constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business.
(b) The committee shall adopt and enforce rules under IC 4-22-2 to require that a person operating a school bus conduct a school bus passenger evacuation drill at least one (1) time a semester.
