A resolution designating September 2026 as "School Bus Safety Month".

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 944 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 944

       Designating September 2026 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 30, 2026

   Mrs. Fischer (for herself and Mr. Peters) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
       Designating September 2026 as ``School Bus Safety Month''.

Whereas school buses comprise the largest mass transportation fleet in the 
        United States;
Whereas, in an average year, 26,000,000 K-12 students ride a school bus every 
        day, and school bus operators drive school buses more than 3,800,000,000 
        miles;
Whereas the Child Safety Network (referred to in this preamble as the ``CSN''), 
        which is celebrating 37 years of public service in the United States, 
        supports the CSN Safe Ride campaign, which is designed to provide the 
        school bus industry with driver training, the latest technology, and 
        free safety and security resources, including resources to help parents 
        raise safer and healthier children;
Whereas CSN is providing free downloadable video education to tens of millions 
        of kindergarten through sixth grade students on danger zones, safely 
        boarding and disembarking from school buses, emergency evacuation, 
        pedestrian safety, and preventing bullying aboard school buses;
Whereas billions of student boarding and unloading events occur each school 
        year;
Whereas motorists illegally pass stopped school buses tens of millions of times 
        annually, placing students entering and exiting school buses at risk, 
        and CSN continues to work with local, State, and Federal authorities, 
        institutions of higher education, school transportation professionals, 
        and other safety partners to identify, evaluate, and advance evidence-
        based countermeasures and technologies intended to reduce these 
        preventable threats;
Whereas the designation of School Bus Safety Month will allow broadcast and 
        digital media and social networking industries to commit to 
        disseminating public service announcements that are produced to--

    (1) provide free resources designed to safeguard children;

    (2) recognize school bus operators and professionals; and

    (3) encourage the driving public to engage in safer driving behavior 
near school buses when students board and disembark from school buses;

Whereas key leaders who deserve recognition during School Bus Safety Month and 
        beyond have, according to the CSN--

    (1) provided security awareness training materials to more than 14,000 
school districts;

    (2) trained more than 131,000 transportation professionals; and

    (3) provided access to more than 181,000 counterterrorism guides to 
individuals who are key to providing both safety and security for children 
in the United States; and

Whereas School Bus Safety Month offers the Senate and the people of the United 
        States an opportunity to recognize and thank the school bus operators 
        and the professionals focused on school bus safety and security in the 
        United States: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate designates September 2026 as ``School Bus 
Safety Month''.
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