General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 559

 

January Session, 2015

 

LCO No. 1979

 

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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.