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Committee Hearings Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2004
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About the Debate:
Several bills attempting to improve school bus safety are before the committee. More:
The proposals awaiting committee approval include:
SF 1550 - Creating flexibility in the school bus inspection requirements to allow for driver safety training (00:00:00);
SF 2006 - Allowing local school districts to levy about an additional seven dollars per household to replace unsafe school buses (00:35:56);
SF 2043 - Making minor modifications to school bus safety requirements (00:58:49);

Other bills before the committee:
SF 2924 - Offsetting the loss of state general education funding to school districts experiencing a loss of compensatory aid for students from low income households (01:11:51);
SF 3002 - Requiring that future state budget forecasts recognize the need to eliminate education shifts that were previously imposed during budget shortfalls (01:45:54).