WSR 16-03-078

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

[Filed January 20, 2016, 9:24 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Chapter 392-145 WAC, Transportation—Operation rules.

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: Revisions are proposed that would restrict the use of personal communications devices while operating a school bus; restrict the distribution of edible items on a school bus; plus other technical corrections.

Process for Developing New Rule: Other [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 Allan J. Jones, Director, Student Transportation, P.O. Box 47200, Olympia, WA 98504-7200, (360) 725-6121, or e-mail allan.jones@k12.wa.us.

January 13, 2016

Randy Dorn

Superintendent of

Public Instruction