H. B. 2624
(By Delegate Richards)
[Introduced March 17, 1993; referred to the
Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-d,
relating to school bus transportation time limits.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article two, chapter eighteen of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section five-
d, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-5d. School bus transportation time limits.
No elementary school pupil may be required to ride a school
bus for longer than thirty-five minutes to school or longer than
thirty-five minutes from school; no middle school pupil may be
required to ride a school bus for longer than forty-five minutes
to school or longer than forty-five minutes from school; and no
high school pupil may be required to ride a school bus for longerthan fifty-five minutes to school or longer than fifty-five
minutes from school.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to restrict the time that
pupils are required to ride on school buses.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.