HJ84:

Public school bus drivers; Department of Education to study root causes of shortages.

Bill Summary:

Study; Department of Education; root causes
of public school bus driver shortages and working conditions of public
school bus drivers in the Commonwealth; report. Requests that
the Department of Education, with the assistance of each local school
board, to study the root causes of public school bus driver shortages
and the working conditions of public school bus drivers in the Commonwealth
by (i) administering to each public school bus driver in each local
school division in the Commonwealth and as many former public school
bus drivers as is feasible a survey to determine the level of satisfaction
with and the need for improvement to the working conditions of public
school bus drivers in the Commonwealth, (ii) analyzing such survey
data and such other information and data as it deems necessary and
advisable, including information from other states and school districts
contained therein that have had success in addressing public school
bus driver shortages by addressing working conditions, and (iii)
making recommendations for statutory, regulatory, or budgetary changes
that may contribute to the improvement of the working conditions
of public school bus drivers.