LEGISLATIVE Update
The following is list of pending transportation bills that are currently up for review:
Assembly Bills 2010-2011
A107 Eliminates requirement that school busdrivers
be fingerprinted for license renewal
A116 Provides for motor fuels tax exemption to school
bus contractors.
A619 Requires school districts to provide
transportation to public and nonpublic school
pupils living along hazardous routes.
A639 Requires DOE to post information on website
concerning incidents in which a pupil is left on
a school bus at the end of a driver's route;
permits commissioner to fine busing providers
for such incidents.
A666 Authorizes a board of education to reject the
lowest bid for a school transportation contract
based on the school bus safety inspection
record of a bidder.
A719 Revises the calculation of courtesy busing
school budget cap adjustment for courtesy
busing performed along a hazardous route.
A850 Extends useful life of certain school buses
from 12 to 16 years
A939 Revises criminal history record check process
undergone by public and nonpublic school
employees and school bus drivers.
A1023 Permits the refurbishment of school buses to
extend the life of the bus by eight years.
A1238 Requires installation of fire suppression
systems in school buses and special
paratransit vehicles.
A1281 Provides grants and tax credits for school
districts and privvate contractors for
installing cameras on school buses.
Identical Bill: S944
A2260 Lengthens service life of certain buses to 15
years.
Identical Bill S1040
A2313 Requires the supervisor of a school bus
driver to inspect the school bus for pupils
remaining at the end of the transportation
route.
A2428 Requires school buses transporting certain
disabled persons to use flashing lights and
establishes penalties for drivers who fail to
yield.
Identical Bill S2244
A2628 Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to
30 miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May,
Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean
Salem, Sussex, and Warren Counties.
A2685 Requires school districts to provide
transportation to and from school to pupils
who reside along certain routes.
A2802 Expands type of school bus driver required to
undergo DOE criminal record check process
and requires matching of data files to ensure
school bus drivers remain qualified pursuant
to records maintained by DOE and MVC.
Identical Bill S1835
A2808 Requires applicants for school board
employment and school bus driver to be
notified of criminal history record
check results within 60 days.
A3057 Abigail's Law; requires that newly
manufactured school buses be equipped with
sensors.
A3225 Requires school bus safety instruction in all
school districts which provide pupil
transportation.
A3081 Provides 50% State matching funds to
support shared services agreements
between municipalities and districts with
efficient pupil transportation systems for the
provision of public school hazardous busing.
Senate Bills 2010-2011
S68 Limits the transportation costs of school
districts sending students to county
vocational school districts located outside
the county of residence.
S688 Concerns school bus safety inspections.
S721 Requires two-way communications equipment
on school buses.
S944 Provides grant and tax credits for school
districtas and private contractors for installing
cameras on school buses.
Identical Bill A1281
S1040 Lengthens service life of certain school buses
to 15 years.
Identical Bill A2260
S1114 Extends useful life of certain school buses from
12 to 16 years.
Identical Bill A850
S1115 Requires school districts to provide
transportation to and from school pupils who
reside along certain routes.
S1295 Extends limit for nonpublic school busing to 30
miles in Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May,
Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Ocean
Salem, Sussex, and Warren Counties, and
requires existing bus stops to be used.
S1398 Revises criminal history record ceck process
undergone by public and nonpublic school
employees and school bus drivers.
S1698 Requires sending districts to pay for the tuition
and transportation costs of their students
attending approved vocational programs at
certain comprehensive highschools.
S1835 Expands type of school bus driver required to
undergo DOE criminal record check process
and requires matching of data files to ensure
school bus drivers remain qualified pursuant
to records maintained by DOE and MVC.
Identical Bill A2802
S1987 Requires executive county superintendent of
schools to determine routes and bid and
award contracts for all nonpublic school
busing in the county.
S2079 Includes transportation costs in the calculation
of extraordinary special education costs
incurred by special school districts.
S2081 Reorganizes the provisions in Title 18A
regarding public and nonpublic school pupil
transportation.
S2082 Establishes a regional transportation
coordinator unit in each office of the executive
county superintendent to improve the
coordination of pupil transportation services
within the county.
S2244 Requires school buses trasnporting certain
disabled persons to use flashing lights and
establishes penalties for drivers who fail to
yield.
Identical Bill A2428
S2262 Provides 50% State matching funds to support
shared services agreements between
municipalities and districts with efficient pupil
transportation systems for the provision
of public school hazardous busing.
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S2356 Requires school bus drivers to speak, read,
and write English.
