BILL NUMBER: ACR 58	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  32
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 20, 2009
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 14, 2009
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula,
Bass, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller,
Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight,
Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller,
Monning, Nava, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran,
Villines, and Yamada)

                        APRIL 13, 2009

   Relative to School Bus Drivers' Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 58, Nestande. School Bus Drivers' Day.
   This measure would designate April 28, 2009, as School Bus Drivers'
Day in California, in order to draw special public attention to
school bus drivers for their continued and excellent services to
pupils in California.



   WHEREAS, Annually, on the fourth Tuesday of April, the People of
California officially recognize all school bus drivers for their
continued and excellent services to the youth of the state, and these
drivers are deserving of special public recognition and the highest
commendations; and
   WHEREAS, The California Association of School Transportation
Officials is a professional organization that promotes safe pupil
transportation and advocates for continued high standards for
California's school bus drivers; and
   WHEREAS, The safety of our children rests in the hands of trained
school bus drivers for up to six or seven hours each school day; and
   WHEREAS, Personal time and energy are expended by school bus
drivers in their initial training, maintaining a current license,
perfecting their driving skills, and accruing added knowledge of
school bus laws through continuing education classes; and
   WHEREAS, School bus drivers, through counseling and disciplinary
techniques, are sometimes asked to assist pupils in appropriate
interactive peer and adult behavior; and
   WHEREAS, School bus drivers often face natural and unexpected
hazards in the performance of their duties; and
   WHEREAS, School bus drivers exhibit patience and kindness toward
pupils, parents, and school staff in the performance of their duties;
and
   WHEREAS, School bus drivers consistently demonstrate an awareness
of, and direct attention to, the mechanical maintenance of the school
bus and safety conditions of the school bus routes; and
   WHEREAS, School bus drivers perform their services for thousands
and thousands of accident-free miles, year after year; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates April 28,
2009, as School Bus Driver's Day in California, in order to draw
special public attention to school bus drivers for their continued
and excellent services to pupils in California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.