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Bill 1221

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      1221
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 Senate
Introduced Date:                  20000307
Primary Sponsor:                  Education Committee SED 04
All Sponsors:                     Education Committee
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\21066ac00.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Education and Public Works Committee 21 
                                  HEPW
Subject:                          Regulation No. 2481, Education 
                                  Department, Pupil transportation services, 
                                  operation of public


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000313  Introduced, read first time,           21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee
Senate  20000309  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  20000308  Read second time
Senate  20000307  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


              Versions of This Bill
Revised on March 7, 2000 - Word format

INTRODUCED

March 7, 2000

S. 1221

S. Printed 3/7/00--S.

Read the first time March 7, 2000.

TO APPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC PUPIL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, DESIGNATED AS REGULATION DOCUMENT NUMBER 2481, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 1 OF THE 1976 CODE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The regulations of the Department of Education, relating to the operation of public pupil transportation services, designated as Regulation Document Number 2481, and submitted to the General Assembly pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1 of the 1976 Code, are approved.

SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

The State Department of Education proposes to align its school bus driver testing requirements with those of the Department of Public Safety. The Department of Public Safety is establishing new commercial drivers' licenses that are specifically designed for school bus drivers. The Department of Public Safety will offer a School Bus Driver Restricted Commercial Driver's License (CDL-T restricted) and a Commercial Driver's License with a School Bus Driver Endorsement (CDL-S endorsement). These new commercial drivers' licenses will contain testing requirements equivalent to the existing testing requirements of the State Department of Education School Bus Driver's Certification. The proposed regulation will allow the State Department of Education to accept the new school bus driver commercial drivers' licenses as appropriate tests to determine a school bus driver's competency. The State Department of Education will provide school bus driver training as a prerequisite for a driver qualifying to take either of the new school bus driver commercial drivers' licenses. To determine a school bus driver's ability to perform these physical actions, the proposed regulation directs the State Department of Education to establish a physical performance test as an extension of the school bus driver's commercial driving test. The proposed regulation aligns the requirement for the driver's medical examination with the requirements of the commercial drivers' licenses.

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