Proposed legislation created in response to community complaints about school safety and discipline focuses on trouble in and with school buses. Senate Bill 330, sponsored by Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin, adds intentional interference with the operation of a school bus to the offense of disorderly conduct. RELATED: School Behavioral Infractions Remain Above 30000 Annually Infractions include: Boarding a school bus …
Transpo report coming in April with asks of more driver pay, benefits
The Public School Transportation Committee once again said it would recommend a raise in bus driver salaries, along with measures for bus safety and security, insurance and benefits. The 13-person committee’s purpose is to make yearly suggestions by April 1 for improvements related to the state transportation formula. In Monday’s committee meeting, the group confirmed again it wants bus drivers …
School bus contractors call for higher pay, expanded benefits
Companies that provide Delaware school bus drivers want the state to raise school bus driver pay to $25 an hour. They also want the state to pay more for insurance for buses below the C&D Canal and expand benefits to mechanics, backup drivers and office staff. Those requests were from Gerald Dutton, president of the Delaware School Bus Contractors Association …