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Senate rejects amendment to let districts privatize school-bus inspections, keeps highway-patrol oversight
Summary
After a lengthy floor debate about safety, rural capacity and cost, the Utah Senate voted to retain highway-patrol-centered oversight of school-bus inspections and rejected an amendment that would have broadly authorized private providers or district-run programs.
The Utah Senate debated and then rejected a floor amendment that would have allowed school districts to contract private providers or certify in‑district programs to perform school‑bus safety inspections, leaving the primary inspection authority with the Utah Highway Patrol.
Senator Hall, speaking for concerns grounded in prior audits, said he worried about districts inspecting their own work and urged safeguards: “I just feel a little bit safer about it” when inspections are independent. Senator Evans, who sponsored the amendment…
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