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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.
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