This Amendment requires each district and non-district public school to report annually to the Department of Education, by January 1, the number of charges and convictions relating to a person intentionally interfering with the operation of a school bus under § 1301(a)(3) of Title 11.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill was defeated, so these requirements are not currently in effect.

School Bus Interference Reporting Amendment

This amendment would have required public schools to count charges or convictions for interfering with school buses and send those numbers to state officials.

What This Bill Does

• Requires each district and non-district public school to report the number of charges and convictions related to intentionally interfering with a school bus under § 1301(a)(3) of Title 11.
• Sets January 1 as the deadline for schools to submit these reports annually to the Department of Education.
• Requires the Department of Education to combine all data received from schools into one total report.
• Directs the Department of Education to send this combined report by June 1 each year.

Who It Names or Affects

• District public schools
• Non-district public schools
• The Department of Education

Terms To Know

Charges and convictions

Legal accusations made against a person or the final decision that they are guilty.

Aggregate data

The total sum of information collected from many different sources combined into one report.

Limits and Unknowns

• This amendment was defeated by the House and did not become law.
• The text does not specify how schools must find or verify these numbers before reporting them.
• The exact start date for reports depends on when an act is enacted, which has not happened.

Official Summary Text

This Amendment requires each district and non-district public school to report annually to the Department of Education, by January 1, the number of charges and convictions relating to a person intentionally interfering with the operation of a school bus under § 1301(a)(3) of Title 11. In turn, the Department of Education shall report annually, by June 1, to the General Assembly and the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services the aggregate of the data collected from the schools.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. S. Moore

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 48

AMEND Senate Bill No. 48 as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 48 by inserting after line 18 the following:

“

(e)(1) Each district and non-district public school in this State shall report annually to the Department of Education no later than January 1 the number of charges and convictions under paragraph (a)(3) of this section relating to that school.

(2) The Department of Education shall submit an annual report that aggregates the data reported to the Department under paragraph (e)(1) of this section to the General Assembly and the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services not later than June 1.

Section 2. The first annual report under § 1301(e)(1) of Title 11 is due by [the first January 1 after this Act is enacted]. The first annual report under § 1301(e)(2) of Title 11 is due by [the first June 1 after this Act is enacted].”

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment requires each district and non-district public school to report annually to the Department of Education, by January 1, the number of charges and convictions relating to a person intentionally interfering with the operation of a school bus under § 1301(a)(3) of Title 11. In turn, the Department of Education shall report annually, by June 1, to the General Assembly and the Director and the Librarian of the Division of Legislative Services the aggregate of the data collected from the schools.