SENATE BILL No. 479

 

 

May 14, 2003, Introduced by Senators BASHAM and PATTERSON and referred to the Committee on Education.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1990 PA 187, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "The pupil transportation act,"                                             

                                                                                

    by amending section 9 (MCL 257.1809).                                       

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 9.  (1) The  state board of education  superintendent                  

                                                                                

2   of public instruction shall regulate pupil transportation.  The             

                                                                                

3   state board  superintendent of public instruction or  its  his             

                                                                                

4   or her authorized representative may review, confirm, set aside,            

                                                                                

5   or amend the action, order, or decision of a school with                    

                                                                                

6   reference to the routes over which pupils shall be transported,             

                                                                                

7   and the suitability and number of the vehicles and equipment for            

                                                                                

8   the transportation of the pupils.                                           

                                                                                

9       (2) After consultation with the parents of the pupils                       

                                                                                

10  affected and the ownership of a manufactured home park, a school            

                                                                                

11  may determine the number and location of stops necessary for the            

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   receipt and discharge of pupils from school buses in that                   

                                                                                

2   manufactured home park.                                                     

                                                                                

3       (3) The  state board  superintendent of public instruction                  

                                                                                

4   shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement this act except            

                                                                                

5   that the department of state police, in cooperation with the                

                                                                                

6   state board  superintendent of public instruction, shall                   

                                                                                

7   promulgate rules for safety specifications and operational                  

                                                                                

8   procedures for school buses and pupil transportation vehicles.