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          Date of Hearing:   April 30, 2009

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                 Ted W. Lieu, Chair
                  ACR 58 (Nestande) - As Introduced: April 13, 2009
           
          SUBJECT  :   School Bus Drivers' Day.

           SUMMARY  :   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.  Specifically,  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 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  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.








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           Opposition 
           
          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800