July 25, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 126 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S5112-S5113]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 285--DESIGNATING SEPTEMBER 2019 AS ``SCHOOL BUS 
                             SAFETY MONTH''

  Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted the following 
resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:

                              S. Res. 285

       Whereas, every school day in the United States, 
     approximately 500,000 public and private school buses carry 
     more than 26,000,000 children to and from school;
       Whereas school buses comprise the largest mass 
     transportation fleet in the United States;
       Whereas 48 percent of all K-12 students ride a school bus 
     for each of the 180 school days in a year, totaling nearly 
     4,680,000,000 miles driven in school buses annually;
       Whereas the Child Safety Network, celebrating 30 years of 
     national public service, supports the CSN Safe Bus campaign, 
     which is designed to provide the latest training, technology, 
     and free safety and security resources to the school bus 
     industry;
       Whereas the designation of School Bus Safety Month will 
     allow broadcast and digital media and social networking 
     industries to make commitments to disseminate public service 
     announcements that are produced in order--
       (1) to provide free resources designed to safeguard 
     children;
       (2) to recognize school bus drivers and professionals; and
       (3) to encourage the driving public to engage in safer 
     driving behavior near school buses when students are boarding 
     and disembarking from the school buses;
       Whereas key leaders who are deserving of recognition during 
     School Bus Safety Month and beyond have provided security 
     awareness training materials to more than 14,000 public and 
     private school districts, trained more than 100,000 school 
     bus operators, and provided more than 150,000 
     counterterrorism guides to individuals who are key to 
     providing both safety and security for children in the United 
     States; and
       Whereas School Bus Safety Month offers the Senate and the 
     people of the United States an opportunity to recognize and 
     thank all of the school bus drivers in the United States and 
     the professionals who are focused on school bus safety and 
     security: Now, therefore, be it

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       Resolved, That the Senate designates September 2019 as 
     ``School Bus Safety Month''.

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