| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to private school bus drivers; amending s. |
| 3 | 1002.42, F.S.; providing requirements for private school |
| 4 | bus drivers, including specified qualifications, drug and |
| 5 | alcohol testing, background screening, and certain |
| 6 | registration or licensure; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (14) of section 1002.42, Florida |
| 11 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 12 | 1002.42 Private schools.-- |
| 13 | (14) BUS DRIVER REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING.-- |
| 14 | (a) Each private school bus driver must be of good moral |
| 15 | character, have good vision and hearing, and be able-bodied, |
| 16 | free from communicable disease, mentally alert, and sufficiently |
| 17 | strong physically to handle the bus with ease; must possess |
| 18 | other qualifications described in 49 C.F.R. part 391, relating |
| 19 | to physical qualifications and examinations, and in 49 C.F.R. |
| 20 | parts 40 and 382, relating to controlled substance and alcohol |
| 21 | use and testing; must meet level 2 background screening |
| 22 | standards set forth in chapter 435; and must hold a valid |
| 23 | chauffeur registration or a valid commercial driver's license |
| 24 | with a passenger endorsement. |
| 25 | (b) Private school bus drivers may participate in a |
| 26 | district school board's bus driver training program, if the |
| 27 | district school board makes the program available pursuant to s. |
| 28 | 1012.45(4). |
| 29 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |