WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
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to the Committee on Education then Finance.
A BILL to amend the Code
of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated
§18-5-13b, relating to requiring school bus aides, who are trained in
preventing bullying and providing a safe environment for students while being
transported on a school bus, to be present on school buses.
Be it enacted by the
Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West
Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section,
designated §18-5-13b, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 5. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-5-13b. Additional authority of boards; school bus
aides.
Each county board is required to have school bus aides, who
are trained in the prevention of bullying and providing a safe environment for
the students while on a school bus, be present on school buses whenever
students are being transported on those buses.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require school
bus aides, who are trained in preventing bullying and providing a safe
environment for the students while being transported on a school bus, to be
present on school buses.
Strike-throughs indicate language
that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring
indicates new language that would be added.