BILL ANALYSIS
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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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