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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 22 (EAH) — 114 HR 22 EAH: Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015 · Sec. 5518

Sec. 5518. GAO Review of school bus safety

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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a review of the following: Existing Federal and State rules and guidance, as of the date of the review, concerning school bus transportation of elementary school and secondary school students engaging in home-to-school transport or other transport determined by the Comptroller General to be a routine part of kindergarten through grade 12 education, including regulations and guidance regarding driver training programs, capacity requirements, programs for special needs students, inspection standards, vehicle age requirements, best practices, and public access to inspection results and crash records.
Any correlation between public or private school bus fleet operators whose vehicles are involved in an accident as defined by section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, and each of the following: A failure by those same operators of State or local safety inspections. The average age or odometer readings of the school buses in the fleets of such operators. Violations of Federal laws administered by the Department of Transportation, or of State law equivalents of such laws.
Violations of State or local law relating to illegal passing of a school bus. A regulatory framework comparison of public and private school bus operations. Expert recommendations on best practices for safe and reliable school bus transportation, including driver training programs, inspection standards, school bus age and odometer reading maximums for retirement, the percentage of buses in a local bus fleet needed as spare buses, and capacity levels per school bus for different age groups.
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