Bill Text: NJ S3285 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits board of education and school bus contractor to allow child of school bus driver to ride school bus with parent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-12-17 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee [S3285 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-S3285-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator STEVEN V. OROHO
District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)
SYNOPSIS
Permits board of education and school bus contractor to allow child of school bus driver to ride school bus with parent.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning children of school bus drivers and supplementing chapter 39 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any law or regulation to the contrary, a board of education and a school bus contractor may permit the child of a school bus driver to ride the school bus with his parent while the parent is providing pupil transportation services. The child, at all times while the bus is in operation, shall wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt or other appropriate child restraint system in compliance with current laws and regulations regarding school bus passengers.
b. A board of education or a school bus contractor that permits the child of a school bus driver to ride the school bus under subsection a. of this section shall assume liability for any injury to the child while riding the school bus, except in instances in which a court of competent jurisdiction determines that liability is attributed to another party.
c. As used in this section, "school bus driver" includes a school bus driver who is employed by a board of education and a school bus driver who is employed by a school bus contractor that provides pupil transportation services under contract with a board of education.
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would allow a board of education and a school bus contractor to permit the child of a school bus driver to ride the school bus with his parent while the parent is providing student transportation services. The child would be required to wear a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt or other appropriate child restraint system in compliance with current laws and regulations regarding school bus passengers. Under the bill, either a board of education or school bus contractor, depending on which entity granted permission for the bus driver's child to ride the bus, would assume liability for any injury to the driver's child while riding the school bus, except in instances in which a court determines that liability is attributed to another party.
