June 7, 2007, Introduced by Senators BASHAM, SCHAUER, GLEASON and JACOBS 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), as amended by 2006 PA 107.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
9. (1) The state board of education Except as provided in
subsection (2), the superintendent of public instruction shall
regulate
pupil transportation. The state board superintendent of
public
instruction or its his or her authorized representative may
review, confirm, set aside, or amend the action, order, or decision
of a school with reference to the routes over which pupils shall be
transported, and the suitability and number of the vehicles and
equipment for the transportation of the pupils. The superintendent
of public instruction shall promulgate rules as necessary to
implement this act except that the department of state police, in
cooperation with the superintendent of public instruction, may
promulgate rules related to vehicle and equipment standards.
(2) After consultation with the parents of the affected pupils
and the ownership of a manufactured home park, a school may
determine the number and location of stops necessary for the
receipt and discharge of pupils from school buses in that
manufactured home park.