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Senate committee halts school-bus brake rule update, seeks more data on costs and safety
Summary
A Senate transportation subcommittee reviewed updates to school-bus specifications that require air brakes on buses meeting a 65-passenger or 26,001-pound threshold. Lawmakers raised cost, maintenance and data gaps and voted to recommend 'do not pass' pending more information.
A Senate transportation committee on Thursday considered proposed updates to school-bus design specifications that, under current rules, require air brakes on buses with a design capacity of 65 or more passengers or with a weight over 26,001 pounds. Presenters from the Department of Education said most changes were organizational updates tied to federal safety standards and National Congress on School Transportation recommendations dating back to 2012.
The committee heard from Jennifer Dedman, an attorney for the Department of Education, and Janet Clark, public school program coordinator with the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation, who explained that the specification rules were last comprehensively updated in 02/2012 and that Act 375 of 2017 and other federal…
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