This bill increases the age limit for public school bus drivers from 70 to 75 years of age. Applicants for public school bus operator's permits age 70 or older are required to have held a valid permit since attaining 68 years of age, and annually pass a physical examination, written skills test, and a bus driving test as conditions of permit renewal. The provision of current law that allows applicants younger than 70 years of age to renew operator's permits every 3 years remains unchanged. The bill also denies public school bus operator's permits to applicants who have pled guilty or been found guilty of specified felonies or misdemeanors. Current law only denies permits to applicants who have been convicted of these crimes.
Current law related to the issuance of temporary school bus operator's permits is unchanged.
This restriction will be noted on the school bus permit of the person and it will be unlawful for the person to operate a school bus upon any public highway of this state unless he or she is at the time complying with the restriction.