BILL NUMBER:  SB 497
  VETOED	DATE: 08/07/2015




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 497 without my signature.

This bill requires the Department of Education to request and post on
its website specific school transportation data from local entities
that provide transportation services to students.

Current law does not prohibit the Department of Education from
requesting or collecting, or locals from sharing school
transportation information between interested parties that find it
useful to compare data.

While well intended, I am unconvinced that this voluntary data
collection would produce meaningful information or is a valuable use
of limited resources at the local or state level.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.