Bill > HR90

This Resolution requests the Department of Education to expand transportation services in the Pearl City School District, acknowledging a long-standing bus driver shortage that has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic and leaving over a dozen students on a waitlist. The resolution highlights that current Department of Education policies require students to live at least one mile from school to qualify for bus service, and that routes need a minimum number of students, often excluding those who live closer or attend smaller schools. To address these issues, the Department is urged to immediately provide bus service to waitlisted students, identify schools lacking transportation, use smaller buses and lower route minimums, improve communication with parents, develop a bus driver training program, create a driver pool by collaborating with various community groups, and explore staggered school start times.