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Committee rejects proposal to lower minimum age for school bus drivers to 23
Summary
Senate Bill 1042 to allow school districts to hire school bus drivers aged 23 with two years’ CDL experience failed in committee after safety officials and several senators said the existing age floor of 25 helps protect student safety.
Senate Bill 1042, which would have allowed local hiring authorities to employ school bus drivers aged 23 (down from the statutory minimum of 25), failed in the Transportation and Safety Committee on a roll call that left the measure short of the majority needed to advance.
Sponsor Senator Bolton Bolling (Senator Bolling) said the change was intended to expand the pool of eligible drivers amid persistent school bus shortages and noted the bill was permissive: local school boards…
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