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Missouri committee hears bill to delay mandatory retesting for older school bus drivers
Summary
A House Transportation Committee hearing on House Bills 296 and 438 focused on raising the age at which school bus drivers must retest. Sponsors and members emphasized rural driver shortages and local oversight; no public testimony was offered and no vote was taken.
Representative Jim Cabello, sponsor of House Bill 296, and Representative Danny Buzick, co-sponsor of House Bill 438, told the Missouri House Transportation Committee that the bills would raise the age at which bus drivers must undergo mandatory retesting from 70 to a higher age (proposals discussed included 75 and 77).
The bills aim to reduce administrative and recruitment burdens on rural school districts facing driver shortages. “Usually, in July or August, there's a school bus setting somewhere with a big sign on it that says we need drivers,” Representative Cabello said, describing recruitment difficulties in both urban…
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