Bill Text: IA HF733 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the employment of school bus drivers who have completed a department of education approved course of instruction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-03-04 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 499. [HF733 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF733-Introduced.html
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BY
MOORE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
employment
of
school
bus
drivers
who
1
have
completed
a
department
of
education
approved
course
of
2
instruction.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.376,
subsection
3,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
a.
A
person
applying
for
employment
or
employed
as
a
3
school
bus
driver
shall
successfully
complete
a
department
4
of
education
approved
course
of
instruction
for
school
bus
5
drivers
before
or
within
the
first
six
months
of
employment
6
and
at
least
every
twenty-four
months
thereafter.
If
an
7
employee
fails
to
provide
an
employer
with
a
certificate
of
8
completion
of
the
required
school
bus
driver’s
course,
the
9
driver’s
employer
shall
report
the
failure
to
the
department
of
10
education
and
the
employee’s
authorization
to
operate
a
school
11
bus
shall
be
revoked.
The
department
of
education
shall
send
12
notice
of
the
revocation
to
both
the
employee
and
the
employer.
13
A
person
whose
school
bus
authorization
has
been
revoked
under
14
this
section
shall
not
be
issued
another
authorization
until
15
certification
of
the
completion
of
an
approved
school
bus
16
driver’s
course
is
received
by
the
department
of
education.
17
b.
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“a”
,
a
person
who
has
18
successfully
completed
a
department
of
education
approved
19
course
of
instruction
for
school
bus
drivers
within
the
20
previous
twenty-four
months
shall
not
be
required
to
complete
21
the
course
again
before
or
within
six
months
of
becoming
22
employed
as
a
school
bus
driver
at
a
different
school
district,
23
provided
the
person
complies
with
subsection
1
and
completes
24
the
course
again
within
twenty-four
months
of
the
prior
25
completion.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
Under
current
law,
a
driver
of
a
school
bus
must
hold
a
30
driver’s
license
issued
by
the
department
of
transportation
31
valid
for
the
operation
of
a
school
bus
and
a
certificate
32
of
qualification
for
operation
of
a
commercial
motor
vehicle
33
issued
by
a
qualified
medical
professional.
In
addition,
a
34
person
applying
for
employment
as
a
school
bus
driver
must
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successfully
complete
a
department
of
education
approved
course
1
of
instruction
for
school
bus
drivers
within
the
first
6
months
2
of
employment
and
at
least
every
24
months
thereafter.
3
This
bill
provides
that
a
person
who
has
successfully
4
completed
a
department
of
education
approved
course
of
5
instruction
for
school
bus
drivers
within
the
previous
24
6
months
is
not
required
to
complete
the
course
again
if
the
7
person
applies
for
employment
as
a
school
bus
driver
at
a
8
different
school
district,
provided
the
person
is
otherwise
9
eligible
to
be
employed
as
a
school
bus
driver
and
completes
10
the
course
again
within
24
months
of
the
prior
completion.
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