§ 3650-b. Drivers and instructors; training and safety. 1. The
commissioner shall establish training and safety technique requirements
for school bus drivers and school bus safety training instructors and
shall make rules and regulations implementing such requirements on a
statewide basis.

2. The commissioner shall prepare and distribute school bus driver
safety training manuals to each school district. Such manual shall be
periodically updated and shall provide the framework for continuing
school bus safety education programs for school districts.

3. Every school district shall certify to the commissioner that its
school bus drivers have successfully completed the school bus driver
safety training program established pursuant to the provisions of this
article and shall make an annual report to the commissioner on the
implementation and effectiveness of the program. Each school district
shall have the option of having its employees certified as school bus
driver safety training instructors or contracting with certified
instructors to provide such training to the district.

4. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of motor
vehicles, shall establish a certification program for school bus driver
safety training instructors.