Bill Text: IN SB0421 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: School bus safety.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 192 [SB0421 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0421-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 9-19; IC 20-27.
Synopsis: School bus safety. 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 school bus driver operating a school bus
equipped with safety belts do the following at least once a semester: (1)
Provide instruction to the passengers on the school bus on the proper
fastening of the safety belt about the passenger's body. (2) Conduct a
passenger evacuation drill. 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, 2013.
January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security,
Transportation and Veterans Affairs.
February 19, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(1) violates any of the rules, including those 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 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.
(1) If the school bus is equipped with safety belts meeting the standards set forth in IC 9-19-10-2, provide instruction to the passengers on the school bus on the proper fastening of the safety belt about the passenger's body.
(2) Conduct a school bus passenger evacuation drill.
