AN ACT relating to school transportation and declaring an emergency.

Amend KRS 189.540 to authorize the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations to require regular instruction of pupils in school bus safety; allow a school district to obtain an exemption from any school bus safety instruction requirement if the district transports 48 or fewer pupils in the district's gross average daily attendance of transported pupils; require exempted districts to develop and implement a school bus safety instruction policy.

Education, Elementary and Secondary Transportation Public Safety Administrative Regulations and Proceedings Boards and Commissions

Introduced: February 11, 2025

Last action: April 1, 2025

(Acts Ch. 151)

In effect since April 1, 2025

This act carries an emergency clause, so it took effect as soon as it became law instead of waiting the usual 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This bill gives the Kentucky Board of Education the authority to create rules requiring schools to regularly teach students about school bus safety. Smaller school districts that transport 48 or fewer students on average can apply for an exemption from these requirements, but must still create and follow their own written school bus safety policy. Who it may affect: K-12 students who ride school buses, school district administrators, and local school boards across Kentucky.

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