To remove the duplicative requirement for the Commissioner to provide a certification of training to be issued by the district for school bus operator training. The requirement for school bus operators to complete forty hours of preservice training ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-3.0141Employment of School Bus Operators

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To remove the duplicative requirement for the Commissioner to provide a certification of training to be issued by the district for school bus operator training. The requirement for school bus operators to complete forty hours of preservice training is retained. The amendment will also specify that a person with a medical variance, exemption, or waiver issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be recognized as physically capable of operating a school bus.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Employment of school bus operators.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 316.615(3), 1001.02(1), 1012.45, FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 316.615, 1006.22, 1012.32(2)(a), 1012.45, FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

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, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Room 814, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone]. To request a rule development workshop, please contact: Cathy Schroeder, Agency Clerk, Florida Department of Education, [phone], email: [e-mail] or go to https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT: https://app1.fldoe.org/rules/default.aspx.