HB 23-1177

HB 23-1177, also known as "Cameras On School Buses For Student Safety," requires all school buses transporting children to have cameras installed by July 1, 2028. These cameras will record vehicles that illegally pass stopped school buses, helping to ensure student safety. The bill also establishes a grant program managed by the Department of Education to help cover the costs for schools to install these systems. Since it has been signed into law, this means that the requirement and funding mechanism are now official state policy and must be implemented as specified.

Official Summary

The bill requires every route school bus used for the transportation of schoolchildren to have an automated vehicle identification system (system) installed on the route school bus on or before July 1, 2028, to record motor vehicles that unlawfully pass a stopped route school bus. The bill creates the route school bus camera matching grant program (grant program). The purpose of the grant program is to provide grants to eligible applicants to install a system on every route school bus to record motor vehicles that unlawfully pass a stopped route school bus. The department of education shall administer the grant program pursuant to rules promulgated by the state board of education.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)