BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | ACR 58| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: ACR 58 Author: Nestande (R), et al Amended: 5/4/09 in Assembly Vote: 21 WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 5/4/09 SUBJECT : School Bus Drivers Day SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This resolution designates 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. ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1. Personal time and energy are expended by school bus drivers in their initial training, maintaining a current license, and accruing added knowledge of school bus laws through continuing education classes, and school bus drivers perform their services for thousands of accident-free miles, year after year. 2. School bus drivers often face natural and unexpected hazards in the performance of their duties; and, these CONTINUED ACR 58 Page 2 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. 3. The safety of our children rests in the hands of trained school bus drivers each day, and school bus drivers, through counseling and disciplinary techniques, are sometimes asked to assist pupils in appropriate interactive peer and adult behavior. 4. School bus drivers are recognized annually for their continued and excellent services to the youth of the state by the People of California, and these drivers are deserving of special public recognition and the highest commendations. FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No TSM:mw 5/11/09 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****