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Senate committees pass resolutions directing inventory of Hawaii Island school bus stops and safety improvements
Summary
Joint Senate committees passed SCR 117 and SR 98 directing the Department of Education to work with the Department of Transportation and Hawaii County to inventory bus stops used by children and develop location‑specific safety strategies, adding the Safe Routes to School Advisory Committee to the collaboration.
Joint Senate committees on Transportation and on Culture and the Arts voted to pass SCR 117 and SR 98, measures that urge the Department of Education to collaborate with the Department of Transportation and the County of Hawaii to inventory school bus stops on Hawaii Island and develop strategies to improve safety at each location.
The Department of Education’s witness, Megan Omora, said routes are “based off of student locations” and that the system’s effectiveness depends…
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