KY SB92 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-11 - to Transportation (S)
Pending: Senate Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Amend KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned and district-leased passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school under an alternative transportation plan approved by the Kentucky Department of Education; provide that vehicles shall be operated by an employee of local school district that is licensed to operate a motor vehicle within the Commonwealth; provide that the Kentucky Department of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish minimum standards and specifications for an alternative transportation plan; amend KRS 160.380 to require the driver of any non-school bus passenger vehicle authorized to transport students to and from school pursuant to the alternative transportation plan submit to an annual national and state criminal background check and clear CA/N check; amend KRS 156.990 to provide that an individual who operates a school bus or other district-owned or district-leased vehicle to transport a student or students without a valid, active license to operate that motor vehicle within the Commonwealth shall be guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.

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Title

AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency.

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History

DateChamberAction
2024-01-11Senateto Transportation (S)
2024-01-08Senateto Committee on Committees (S)
2024-01-08Senateintroduced in Senate

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