This amendment extends the current responsibilities of bus drivers transporting students to the operators of other vehicles transporting students. Chapter 2023-16, L.O.F., authorizes districts to use vehicles other than ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-3.0121Responsibility of School District and Parents or Guardians for Students Who Are Transported at Public Expense

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: This amendment extends the current responsibilities of bus drivers transporting students to the operators of other vehicles transporting students. Chapter 2023-16, L.O.F., authorizes districts to use vehicles other than school buses for student transportation without restrictions.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The establishment of requirements for personnel that transport students as a primary job function in vehicles other than school buses.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), 1006.22(12), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1001.42(10), 1003.31(1)(d), 1006.062, 1006.0626, 1006.10, 1006.22, F.S.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: January 9, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

PLACE: Online via Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWU1NGQ3NzQtMDBkZC00ZGFlLTk5OWEtMTRjYmRiMGM2YTQ0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2263bf107b-cb6f-4173-8c1c-1406bb5cb794%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a8c889e4-e1d7-4c53-af13-f375e082fc20%22%7d

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Mark Eggers, Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Finance and Operations, Suite 814, Turlington Building, [phone]. To comment on this rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, email [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Available at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules