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H. 3617
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. F.N. Smith
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ggs\22749sd07.doc
Introduced in the House on March 1, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Education and Public Works
Summary: School bus drivers
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/1/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-13
3/1/2007 House Referred to Committee on Education and Public Works HJ-13
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TO AMEND SECTION 59-67-240, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DUTIES OF SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AT THE END OF EACH SCHOOL DAY, THE DRIVER SHALL DEPOSIT PUPILS AT THEIR APPROPRIATE BUS STOP SITES ONLY, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE DRIVER IS UNSURE OF THE PUPIL'S APPROPRIATE BUS STOP SITE, HE SHALL RETURN THE PUPIL TO THE SCHOOL THE PUPIL ATTENDS, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DRIVER SHALL THEN CONTACT THE PUPIL'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN TO INFORM THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN OF THE PUPIL'S LOCATION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT NO CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE SHALL BE LEFT UNATTENDED AT HIS SCHOOL BY A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-67-240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 59-67-240. The driver of each school bus shall cooperate with the teachers in their work in the school to which he is transporting pupils by being on time in the mornings and waiting in the afternoons until all his pupils are dismissed by the school faculty and safely aboard his bus. He also shall take particular notice along his route in the mornings and give pupils within sight a reasonable time in which to board his bus. At the end of each school day, the driver shall deposit pupils at their appropriate bus stop sites only. If the driver is unsure of the pupil's appropriate bus stop site, he shall return the pupil to the school the pupil attends. The driver shall then contact the pupil's parent or guardian to inform the parent or guardian of the pupil's location. No child under the age of twelve shall be left unattended at his school by a school bus driver. The driver shall be responsible for maintaining good conduct upon his bus and shall report promptly to the governing head of the school to or from which the pupils are transported any misconduct or any violation of the driver's instructions by any person riding in his bus.
District boards of school trustees in this State may authorize school administrators to suspend or expel pupils from riding a school bus for misconduct on the bus or for violating instructions of the driver."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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