Bill No.:         HB0005                                             Drafter: DRN

LSO No.:       14LSO-0098                                     Effective Date: Immediate

Enrolled Act No.:    HEA0023

Chapter No.:                        CH0041

Prime Sponsor:       Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:              Education-required school bus video equipment-2.

Subject:                     Requires school buses be equipped with external video equipment. Authorizes internal video equipment.

Summary/Major Elements:

· The act requires school buses operated by Wyoming school districts to be equipped with external video systems that meet standards to be adopted by the Wyoming Department of Education.

· The act also authorizes equipping buses with internal video systems.

· The act provides school districts will be reimbursed one hundred percent (100%) of the cost associated with installing the required or optional equipment.

· The act further appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) from the school foundation program account for immediate reimbursement for the costs associated with installation rather than requiring school districts to be reimbursed the following school year.