Bill Text: CT SB00559 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Provision Of Seats On School Buses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-22 - Referred to Joint Committee on Education [SB00559 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00559-Introduced.html

General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 559

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 1979

 

*01979*

Referred to Committee on EDUCATION

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. KANE, 32nd Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROVISION OF SEATS ON SCHOOL BUSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 10-220 of the general statutes be amended to repeal the requirement that a local or regional board of education provide a seat on a school bus for every student in the school district and replace it with a requirement that such board of education shall be required to provide seats on a school bus for seventy-five per cent of the total student population of the school district.

Statement of Purpose:

To reduce the cost of student transportation.

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