CARL SARGEANT AM WELCOMES NEW SCHOOL TRANSPORT PLANS
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, is welcoming new plans from the Welsh Assembly Government to improve school transport in Wales.The draft Learner Travel (Wales) Measure seeks to improve safety on school transport by tackling unacceptable behaviour. Local authorities will be asked to explore using CCTV cameras and escorts on school buses. Mr Sargeant said: “As well as improving safety on school transport, we are proposing to open up the free school transport scheme to include more pupils. The Measure will make school transport free for primary school children who live two miles or more from their nearest school. At present the law is three miles from the age of eight.“I am also pleased that the measure proposes to allow local authorities to make changes to school start times in order to make the school transport arrangements more effective, efficient or environmentally stable.”The Assembly Government aims to have the main provisions in place for the start of the academic year in 2009.
Carl Sargeant, AM for Alyn and Deeside, is welcoming new plans from the Welsh Assembly Government to improve school transport in Wales.The draft Learner Travel (Wales) Measure seeks to improve safety on school transport by tackling unacceptable behaviour. Local authorities will be asked to explore using CCTV cameras and escorts on school buses. Mr Sargeant said: “As well as improving safety on school transport, we are proposing to open up the free school transport scheme to include more pupils. The Measure will make school transport free for primary school children who live two miles or more from their nearest school. At present the law is three miles from the age of eight.“I am also pleased that the measure proposes to allow local authorities to make changes to school start times in order to make the school transport arrangements more effective, efficient or environmentally stable.”The Assembly Government aims to have the main provisions in place for the start of the academic year in 2009.
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