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    School Bus Safety Advisory Committee

    Active dates:June 1994 - June 2001
    Authority:
    1994 Minn. Laws Chap. 647 Art. 12 Sec. 3
    Function:

    The committee studies issues of school bus safety and reports findings to the Governor and to the Legislature. Districts shall annually report expenditures from the student transportation safety reserved revenue to the commissioner of education, who shall provide the information to the school bus safety advisory committee. 

    Subordinate to:
    Public Safety Department
    Advisory to:
    Governor and to the Legislature
    Membership:

    The commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee shall chair the committee. The members of the committee shall include:

    • the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee 
    • the commissioner of human rights or the commissioner's designee
    • a county or city attorney
    • a representative of the state patrol
    • a school board member
    • a school superintendent
    • two school bus drivers, one representing the metropolitan area and one representing greater Minnesota
    • two school transportation contractors, one representing the metropolitan areas and one representing greater Minnesota
    • two school transportation safety directors, one representing the metropolitan area and one representing greater Minnesota  
    • five public members, including at least four parents of children who ride a school bus, among them a parent of a child with a disability. The public members shall be geographically representative.

    Entries for this agency in the Annual Compilation and Statistical Report of Multi-Member Agencies Report: 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994.

    Note: This report provides membership details as well as meeting information and a summary of the group's activities.

    Notes:

    The Library received an annual report from the committee for the years 1994 - 2000, please email a librarian for access. 
    Documents/Articles:
    News clippings and documents. Agencies Notebook Collection, 1994-2000.
    Record last updated: 06/15/2021
     

    All information on this group from the Library’s collection of agency notebooks has been digitized. These materials are incorporated into the “documents/articles” section of the record. Please contact a librarian with any questions. The Minnesota Agencies database is a work in progress.

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