[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 366 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 366

       Designating September 2023 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 26 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

   Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Peters) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Designating September 2023 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.

Whereas, in an average year, on every school day in the United States, 
        approximately 506,520 public and private school buses carry more than 
        26,000,000 K-12 students to and from school;
Whereas school buses comprise the largest mass transportation fleet in the 
        United States;
Whereas, in an average year, 48 percent of all K-12 students ride a school bus 
        for each of the 180 school days in a year, and school bus operators 
        drive school buses a total of nearly 4,400,000,000 miles;
Whereas the Child Safety Network (referred to in this preamble as the ``CSN''), 
        which is celebrating 34 years of public service in the United States, 
        supports the CSN Safe Ride campaign, which is designed to provide the 
        school bus industry with driver training, the latest technology, and 
        free safety and security resources, including resources to help parents 
        raise safer and healthier children;
Whereas the designation of School Bus Safety Month will allow broadcast and 
        digital media and social networking industries to commit to 
        disseminating public service announcements that are produced to--

    (1) provide free resources designed to safeguard children;

    (2) recognize school bus operators and professionals; and

    (3) encourage the driving public to engage in safer driving behavior 
near school buses when students board and disembark from school buses;

Whereas key leaders who deserve recognition during School Bus Safety Month and 
        beyond have--

    (1) provided security awareness training materials to more than 14,000 
public and private schools;

    (2) trained more than 118,139 school bus operators; and

    (3) provided more than 166,798 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 the school bus operators 
        and the professionals focused on school bus safety and security in the 
        United States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designates September 2023 as ``School Bus 
Safety Month''.
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