Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 392-143 WAC, Transportation -- Specifications for school buses.

     Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 46.61.380.

     Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The proposed change is to reword WAC 392-143-070 to allow the use of multi-function school activity buses for the nonhome-to-school transportation of students.

     Process for Developing New Rule: [No further information supplied by agency].

     Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Allan J. Jones, Director, Student Transportation, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, (360) 725-6120, or fax (360) 586-6124, allan.jones@k12.wa.us.

August 22, 2012

Randy Dorn

Superintendent of

Public Instruction