Bill > S711

Introduced Session

This bill establishes the School Transportation Safety Commission in, but not of, the Department of Law and Public Safety. The commission will consist of eight members, including the Director of the Division of Highway Traffic Safety in the Department of Law and Public Safety, the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, and the Commissioner of Education, or their designees, serving ex-officio, and five public members. Public members will be appointed by the Governor. The commission will have the following responsibilities and duties: review State regulations pertaining to school bus safety; prepare a biannual report on school bus safety that includes a review of student transportation safety records and data; and identify the status of the implementation of the recommendations for additional action or oversight made by the Transportation Task Force of the Commission on Business Efficiency of the Public Schools or of any other task force formed to improve school bus safety. Edmond Bock IV, a first grade student at Atco Elementary School, was tragically struck by a school bus and killed on January 6, 2014. The sponsor seeks to improve safety in student transportation through this bill and other legislation.

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Dawn Addiego (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 01/14/2020)