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UCCUMENI FISUME
02123 - [A1172172]
(Problems in the Federal Funding of School Buz Driver Training
Programs]. CED-77-6C; E-164497(3) . April 26, 1977. 6 pp.
Report to Secretary, DeDartment of Iransportation; by Henry
Eschwege, Directcr, Ccm'unity and Economic Development iv.
Issue Area: Transportation Systems and Policies: Federal
Programs tc Prcmcte Transportation Safety (240).
Contact: Community arl Economic Development Div.
Budget Function: Commerce and Transportation: Ground
Transportation 1404).
Organizaticn Concerted: National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration.
Congr.essional Relevance: House Committee on Public Works and
Transportation; Senate Committee on Commerce# Science and
Transportation.
Authority: Highway Safety Act of 1SC6 (P.L. 89-564). Federal-Aid
Highway Amendments of 1974 (P.1. 93-643; 23 U.S.C. 406).
Highway Safety Act of 1976, title II (P.L. 94-280).
Federal and State agencies' efforts tr carry out the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's
school-bus-driver training programs were surveyed in eigLt
states with Sriver-tiaining programs. The investigation centered
on funding provisions of section 4C6 of the 1974 Federal Highway
Amendments, which authorized the Secretary of ransportation to
make grants for schocl-bus-driver training and specified a level
of funding of not less than $7.5 million in fiscal year 1976.
eindings/Conclusions: The State prcgrams varied in approach and
depth, tut State transportation officials believed them to be
adequate within the context of their total highway safety.
programs. Transportition officials in the eight states believed
that enlargement of the programs tc meet the funding
:equirements is impractical because: (1) school bus
transportation is relatively safe, and driver training has a
lower priority than cther highway safety programs; (2)
established driver-training programs could not te expanied
effectively by using the section 106 iunds; and (3) developing a
more costly and sophisticated training program would be
economically P'nsound. Portions of section 406 funds could be
better used in other Fupil transportation area-. Concerns over
section 406 center around its funding rather than its objective
of providing ade,juately trained bus drivers. Recommendations:
The Secretary cf Transportation should submit Eroposed
legislation to repeal the funding subsection of section 106, and
should direct the Safety Administration to continue to emphasize
the impcrtance of school-bus-driver training prcgrams through
review cl the states' annual work programs. (RES)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaacem0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)