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Lawmakers ask whether permanent DST would jeopardize children at bus stops
Summary
Members pressed the sponsor on school-bus safety and pupil exposure to darkness under permanent daylight saving time; the sponsor said he found no research showing increased risk and pointed to teachers' support for ending clock changes.
Several lawmakers raised the concern that moving to permanent daylight saving time would leave some children waiting for buses in darker mornings during winter months.
Representative Cantrell told the committee he considered the issue legitimate but said he had not seen research indicating that childrenfs safety at bus stops would be jeopardized. "There's no research to show that kids' safety is in any way jeopardized by standing at the bus stop in the dark," he said, and noted that teachers' organizations had testified in favor of eliminating the time change because classroom adjustment after clock changes causes disruption.
Members said they wanted empirical evidence and said schools could adjust bell schedules if safety issues emerged. The exchange underscored that safety questions were a central part of members' deliberations and that the committee expected the sponsor to produce supporting materials.
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