April 12, 2005, Introduced by Senator BASHAM and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1990 PA 187, entitled
"The pupil transportation act,"
by amending section 9 (MCL 257.1809).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
9. (1) The state board of education superintendent of
public
instruction shall regulate pupil
transportation. The state
board
superintendent of public instruction or its his or
her
authorized representative may review, confirm, set aside, or amend
the action, order, or decision of a school with reference to the
routes over which pupils shall be transported, and the suitability
and number of the vehicles and equipment for the transportation of
the pupils.
(2) After consultation with the parents of the pupils affected
and the ownership of a manufactured home park, a school may
determine the number and location of stops necessary for the
receipt and discharge of pupils from school buses in that
manufactured home park.
(3)
The state board superintendent of public instruction
shall promulgate rules as necessary to implement this act except
that
the department of state police, in cooperation with the state
board
superintendent of public instruction, shall promulgate rules
for safety specifications and operational procedures for school
buses and pupil transportation vehicles.