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Senate Concurrent Resolution 80 History
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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 80
(By Senators Unger, Jenkins, D. Facemire, K. Facemyer, Plymale,
Stollings and White)
[Originating in the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure]
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to study
the feasibility, effectiveness and the necessary measures
required for the State Road Commission
to maintain school bus
turnaround areas in all the counties of this state, including,
but not limited to, the use of snow plows or other snow
removal vehicles to provide snow removal service and any other
measures necessary for the turnarounds to be safely and
efficiently used for their intended purpose
.
Whereas,
West Virginia has a significant number of students
living in rural areas that require them to be transported to and
from school via buses; and
Whereas, Many of the roads these buses travel are small county
roads that the counties do not have the equipment, and sometimes
the personnel, to be timely and adequately maintained; and
Whereas, School buses that travel those small county roads
must, at some point, turn the bus around in order to either transport the students to school or home; and
Whereas, For school buses to safely and efficiently perform
their necessary portion of the educational process, the turnaround
areas must be cleared of snow and otherwise effectively maintained
so that the students can attend school and safely return home; and
Whereas, West Virginia currently lacks a state wide strategy
to assure the timely and proper maintenance of school bus
turnarounds; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to study the feasibility, effectiveness and the necessary
measures required for the State Road Commission to maintain school
bus turnaround areas in all the counties of this state, including,
but not limited to, the use of snow plows or other snow removal
vehicles to provide snow removal service and any other measures
necessary for the turnarounds to be safely and efficiently used for
their intended purpose; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Department of Education together
with county school boards, in conjunction with the State Road
Commission, shall review the respective responsibilities of each to
provide and maintain school bus turnarounds as part of the study;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance report to the regular session of the Legislature, 2011, on its findings, conclusions and recommendations, together with drafts
of any legislation necessary to effectuate its recommendations;
and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.