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Bill would let districts use non‑bus vehicles, tighten driver rules for inspected vehicles
Summary
Senate Bill 5009 would let school districts use inspected vans, passenger cars and other vehicles in lieu of yellow school buses for some routes, expand reimbursement/purchase rules, and apply training requirements to drivers of inspected school vehicles.
Senate Bill 5009 would modify Washington’s pupil transportation rules to allow school districts to use vehicles other than traditional school buses for some routes, expand the purchase and reimbursement process to include other vehicle types, and require that training and qualification rules that apply to school bus drivers also apply to drivers of Washington State Patrol‑inspected, school‑use vehicles, the committee heard.
Committee staff explained that OSPI currently uses the STARS regression formula to calculate transportation allocations and that districts may already receive allocations for transporting students in district‑owned passenger cars using the private vehicle reimbursement rate in limited…
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