As the Florida legislature begins its 2020 session, House Bill 1043 is making its way through the legislative process. The bill is designed to fix section 1006.23 of the Florida statutes which describes the criteria for determining when walking conditions are hazardous for students, and it provides transportation service eligibility for students who encounter those… Read more

Over the years, there have been several attempts to fix Florida woefully inadequate statute that is supposed to describe hazardous walking conditions for Florida students and make provisions for their safety. However, nearly every attempt has failed, in part because the current statute is so broken, it’s difficult to create incremental fixes that safeguard students… Read more

Safe Student Florida is in the initial stages of writing legislation language to make school bus stops safer. Across the nation, motorists blow through the flashing lights and stop signs deployed by school buses at bus stops, endangering students who are boarding and disembarking school buses. Legislation filed for the 2020 Florida legislative session moves… Read more

Florida House Bill 1043, filed last week by Representative Mike Beltran (Hillsborough), would require district school boards to provide transportation service for students who are subjected to hazardous walking conditions while improving the criteria that determines whether a walking condition is hazardous for them. The need for decisive action in the legislature is highlighted in… Read more

Florida Representative Mike Beltran (Hillsborough) will soon file a bill to improve the state’s hazardous walking conditions statute (Sec. 1006.23). Still in draft form as it’s prepared for submission, the bill appears to be on track to include much of the criteria proposed by Rob Doss of Safe Student Florida. Doss has been working closely… Read more