1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; providing for verification of
1.3 	school bus drivers' licenses by a certain date;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.321,
1.5 	subdivision 5.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 171.321,
1.8 	subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 5.Annual evaluation and license verification. (a) 
1.10 	Each year by June 30,a school district, nonpublic school, or
1.11 	private contractor shall:
1.12 	(1) provide in-service training annually to each school bus
1.13 	driver.
1.14 	(b) a school district, nonpublic school, or private
1.15 	contractor shall annually ; and 
1.16 	(2) verify the validity of the driver's license of each
1.17 	employee who regularly transports students for the district in a
1.18 	type A school bus, a type B school bus, a type C school bus, or
1.19 	type D school bus, or regularly transports students for the
1.20 	district in a type III vehicle with the National Driver Register
1.21 	or with the Department of Public Safety.