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This bill requires the Commissioner of Education to establish a four-year pilot program in which a selected school district will equip each of its school buses with a global positioning system (GPS) and in which the Department of Education will develop a school bus tracking application. To be eligible for selection under the pilot program, a school district is required to own and operate its own fleet of school buses. The commissioner will select at least one school district in each the northern, central, and southern regions of the State. Each school district selected for participation in the pilot program will equip each of its school buses with a GPS, which will provide information about the location and speed of the school bus in real time and will be operational at all times the school bus is in use to transport students. The GPS will transmit information to a mobile application that will allow an authorized parent or guardian of a student to track in real time the location and speed of the school bus on which the student is riding. The mobile application will be capable of being accessed by an authorized parent or guardian, through installation on the parent or guardian's cellular telephone or other mobile electronic devices. The bill requires the commissioner, in consultation with the Office of Information Technology and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, to contract with a private or public entity to develop and maintain the mobile application to be used by each school district selected for participation in the pilot program.

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Bob Singer (R)*,  Vin Gopal (D), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 01/09/2024)

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