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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 79
Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Kravitz offered the following:
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17 Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of section
18 234.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 234.02 Safety and health of pupils.--Maximum regard
20 for safety and adequate protection of health are primary
21 requirements that must be observed by school boards in routing
22 buses, appointing drivers, and providing and operating
23 equipment, in accordance with all requirements of law and
24 regulations of the commissioner in providing transportation
25 pursuant to s. 234.01:
26 (a) The routing and scheduling of school buses must be
27 planned to eliminate the necessity for children to stand while
28 a school bus is in motion. When circumstances of an emergency
29 nature temporarily require transporting children on school
30 buses in excess of the rated seating capacity, the buses must
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1 students, taking into account existing traffic conditions.
2 Each school board is responsible for prompt relief of the
3 emergency condition by providing additional equipment, bus
4 rerouting, bus rescheduling, or other appropriate remedial
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6 (b) Each school board, after considering
7 recommendations from the superintendent, shall designate, by
8 map or otherwise, or shall provide by school board rule for
9 the designation of, nontransportation zones that are composed
10 of all areas in the district from which it is unnecessary or
11 impracticable to furnish transportation. Nontransportation
12 zones must be designated annually before the opening of school
13 and the designation of bus routes for the succeeding school
14 year. Each school board, after considering recommendations
15 from the superintendent, shall specifically designate, or
16 shall provide by school board rule for the designation of,
17 specific routes to be traveled regularly by school buses, and
18 each route must meet the requirements prescribed by rules of
19 the commissioner.
20 (c) Each district school board shall establish school
21 bus stops, or provide by school board rule for the
22 establishment of school bus stops, as necessary at the most
23 reasonably safe locations available. Each district school
24 board shall provide to the Department of Corrections the
25 location of such school bus stops. Where unusual traffic
26 hazards exist at school bus stops on roads maintained by the
27 state outside of municipalities, the Department of
28 Transportation, in concurrence and cooperation with and upon
29 request of the district school board, shall place signs at
30 such bus stops warning motorists of the location of the stops.
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6 amending s. 234.02(12)(c), F.S.; requiring
7 school bus stop location information;
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