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.