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Bill 5094

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      5094
Type of Legislation:              Joint Resolution JR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20000517
Primary Sponsor:                  Education and Public Works Committee HEPW 
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All Sponsors:                     Education and Public Works Committee
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\21301ac00.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Subject:                          Regulation No. 2481, Education 
                                  Department, Pupil transportation services, 
                                  operation of public; disapproved


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20000530  Debate adjourned until
                  Friday, 20000630
House   20000523  Debate adjourned until
                  Tuesday, 20000530
House   20000517  Introduced, read first time,
                  placed on Calendar without reference


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Revised on May 17, 2000 - Word format

INTRODUCED

May 17, 2000

H. 5094

S. Printed 5/17/00--H.

Read the first time May 17, 2000.

TO DISAPPROVE REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RELATING TO 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 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 disapproved.

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 driver's 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 driver's 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 driver's 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 driver's 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 driver's license.

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