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Committee hears bills on modernizing student transport and easing school‑bus workforce rules
Summary
Lawmakers considered bills to allow modern small‑capacity vehicles for individual student runs, ease CDL testing requirements for some school drivers, and relax unemployment work‑search mandates for drivers who will return within a known period.
The Joint Committee on Transportation heard multiple proposals affecting school transportation on matters of safety, driver recruitment and licensing. Leader Jeff Roy and private providers described H.3772 as a modernization measure to permit small‑capacity vehicles to transport individual students when appropriate; Representative Priscilla Souza and drivers warned about licensing hurdles that contribute to driver shortages and asked for an extension of a federal temporary exception.
Why it matters: School transportation touches student safety and daily attendance for vulnerable students (children in foster care, students experiencing homelessness, or students with individualized education plans) and depends on a stable driver workforce.
Leader Jeff Roy, speaking as House leader and bill sponsor at the hearing, said H.3772 would update statutes that currently require physical school‑bus features on any vehicle used for student…
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