Department of Public Safety unable to regulate school transportation as advisory council remains vacant

Department of Public Safety unable to regulate school transportation as advisory council remains vacant

The Department of Public Safety could be unable to regulate smaller buses used to transport students to and from school because state statute requires the agency to first consult with the Student Transportation Advisory Council, which currently has no members. The Governor’s Regulatory Review Council voted on April 1 to invalidate DPS’s substantive policy statement regarding the regulation of 11-to-15-passenger school vehicles because the regula…