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Committee Hears Support for Bill Letting Districts Use Small Vehicles for Individualized Student Transport
Summary
Supporters told the Joint Committee on Transportation that House Bill 3772 would modernize transport for students protected by McKinney-Vento, in foster care, or with disabilities by allowing vetted drivers to use small-capacity vehicles with updated safety equipment.
House Leader Jeff Roy and industry witnesses urged the Joint Committee on Transportation on Wednesday to report House Bill 3772 favorably, saying it would let school districts use small-capacity vehicles to transport certain vulnerable students more efficiently while maintaining safety standards. Leader Jeff Roy said the bill targets “our most vulnerable students, those protected under the McKinney-Vento Act, students in foster care, and children with disabilities.”
The measure would update longstanding state statute that, supporters said, still assumes only traditional yellow school buses. “H 37 72…
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