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                                 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  
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             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

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