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OUTLINE Accomplishments Legislation Legislative Deadlines AB 760 (Cost of Living Adjustment) School Start Time Legislation Stop Arm Legislation School Bus Replacement Funding Rural Bus Replacement Pilot Project Volkswagen Appendix D Prop 39 Energy Commission Calls to Action Support AB 760 Support the Volkswagen Settlement

2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Small School Bus Replacement Grant $55 million in funding to date Child Check Mate Extension Influencing legislation effecting school transportation

LEGISLATION Legislative Deadlines AB 760 (Cost of Living Adjustment) School Start Time Legislation Stop Arm Legislation

2019 LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES April 11-21: Legislative Spring Recess May 17: Deadline for Bills to Pass Fiscal Committee in First House May 31: Deadline for Bills to Pass Floor in First House June 15: Deadline for Budget Bill to Pass July 13-August 11: Legislative Summer Recess August 30: Deadline for Bills to Pass Fiscal Committee in Second House September 13: Deadline for Bills to Pass Floor in Second House September 14: Legislative Session Concludes Until January

2019 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION AB-760 (Cooper) Education finance: local control funding formula: pupil transportation: cost-of-living adjustment and add-on. Based on the latest available data, over $1 billion of general funding is now used to cover the gap between 1980 s funding and 2010 s costs, state wide. AB 760 provides a long overdue COLA adjustment to the 1980s funding levels and provides a proportional increase based on each school districts gap. LOCATION: Set to be heard on Wednesday, April 24 in Assembly Committee on Education.

2019 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION SB-328 (Portantino) Pupil attendance: school start time.. Requires middle and high school to start classes no earlier than 8:30 AM. Rural school districts have been exempt. LOCATION: Set to be heard on Wednesday, April 24 in the Senate Committee on Education.

2019 SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION LEGISLATION AB-934 (Gipson) Schoolbuses: video monitoring systems. Require school transportation vehicles to be equipped with a video system. This includes an internal video system for each school bus and an external video system only on those that have a stop-sign arm. LOCATION: Initial hearing postponed. Currently referred to Assembly Committee on Education. SB-371 (Caballero) Schoolbuses: stop requirements. Authorize a school district to install and operate an automated schoolbus video enforcement system and to equip its schoolbuses with an extended secondary stop signal arm that extends between 3 to 6 feet from the side of the schoolbus. Vehicles with extended secondary stop arm cameras shall only be driven on two-lane 2-lane highways and highways in rural areas of the state. LOCATION: Passed Senate Transportation. Waiting hearing in Senate Education.

SCHOOL BUS FUNDS School Bus Replacement Funding Rural Bus Replacement Pilot Project Volkswagen Appendix D Prop 39 Energy Commission

SCHOOL BUS FUNDS RURAL SCHOOL BUS PILOT PROJECT The Rural School Bus Pilot Program was approved in the October 2018 in the 2018-19 Transportation Equity Project Allocations for $15 million bringing the total funding to date at $55 million.

SCHOOL BUS FUNDS VOLKSWAGEN SETTLEMENT APPENDIX D $423 million allocation of the Volkswagen (VW) Environmental Mitigation Trust (Trust) The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will administer the $130 million has been designated for Zero-Emission Transit, School, and Shuttle Buses

SCHOOL BUS FUNDS VOLKSWAGEN SETTLEMENT APPENDIX D California Air Resources Board has Announced the Stakeholder Workgroup Meeting & Public Comment: April 11, Sacramento April 16, Central Valley April 17, South Coast April 23, Northern California April 30, San Diego May 6, Bay Area During the public workgroup meetings, staff will discuss: funding available for each project category, types of eligible project equipment, maximum funding limits, solicitation process and timeline, grantee reporting and operational requirements, and other implementation details. Additional information can be found here: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-03/2019-03_vwmititrust_wgnotice.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

SCHOOL BUS FUNDS PROP 39 SCHOOL BUS REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SB 110 appropriates up to $75 million to the program from The California Clean Energy Jobs Act, an initiative approved by the voters in (Proposition 39, 2012). School district applications have been ranked The bulk pricing is in the process of being established

CALL TO ACTION! SUPPORT AB 760 Please submit letters to the Assembly Committee on Education by 5 PM on Tuesday, April 16. Letters are greatly appreciated after this deadline as well! Submission instruction: 1. Copy and Paste the link: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/advocates/ 2. Select create account 3. The first question ask: Are you a lobbyist? Select No 4. Second question, Do you represent an organization, registered or otherwise? --> select No 5. Follow the rest of the instructions to create an account. 6. After the account has been created, upload your support/oppose letter. For any questions regarding the submission of your support letter please do not hesitate to contact (916)441-3909.

CALL TO ACTION! SUPPORT THE VOLKSWAGEN SETTLEMENT Attend the Stakeholder Workgroup Meetings & Provide Public Comment: April 11, Sacramento April 16, Central Valley April 17, South Coast April 23, Northern California April 30, San Diego May 6, Bay Area Additional information on date can be found here: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2019-03/2019-03_vwmititrust_wgnotice.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery For any questions regarding the submission of your support letter please do not hesitate to contact (916)441-3909.

SUPPORT THE SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION COALITION The School Transportation Coalition is a conglomerate of school districts, school transportation officials, school bus manufactures, and various other school transportation interests with one goal, improve safe access to education through advocacy in Sacramento. Join the School Transportation Coalition: Join us on weekly calls Receive updates and announcements Opportunities to join us in Sacramento advocating for the improvement of California school transportation Additional information on the school transportation coalition and how to join can be found here: http://www.strategicadvocates.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/stc-flyer- 2018.pdf For any questions regarding the school transportation coalition please do not hesitate to contact Nico Chavez at nchavez@strategicadvocates.com or (916)441-3909.

ADVOCACY IN ACTION APRIL 8, 2019

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