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Request Congress to Extend OSHA Protections to School Bus Operations and School Buses.

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  • Sep 1st, 2016
    Someone from Senath, MO signed.
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  • Sep 1st, 2016
    Someone from Nicholasville, KY writes:
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    This is an absolute disgrace to put our children and bus drivers in danger !
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  • Aug 31st, 2016
    Someone from Aberdeen, NC signed.
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  • Aug 31st, 2016
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  • Aug 31st, 2016
    Someone from Gay, GA writes:
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    I am a bus driver with a non-air conditioned bus. Temperatures can reach between 90 and over 100 degrees inside these buses. I have pre-school children as young as four. At their stops, I sometimes find them sleeping and I don't know if they are napping or passed out from the heat. We had one high school student pass out and had to be taken off by ambulance.
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  • Aug 31st, 2016
    Someone from Newnan, GA signed.
  • Aug 31st, 2016
    Someone from Williamston, MI writes:
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    Not only school buses, but a lot of schools have no a/c, which is a hazard for children. i had to enroll my children into an online school to prevent them from being in a torturous environment. I am sure teachers would benefit from OSHA/ heat-induced illnesses regulation at schools.
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  • Aug 31st, 2016
    Someone from Williamston, MI signed.
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  • Aug 30th, 2016
    Someone from Chandler, IN signed.
  • Aug 30th, 2016
    Someone from Anniston, AL writes:
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    The heat is a huge factor here in the south where I live. We have delays for cold weather but nothing for the heat! We start back to school in August when the heat is brutal!
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  • Aug 30th, 2016
    Someone from Boonville, IN signed.
  • Aug 30th, 2016
    Someone from Hamden, OH writes:
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    I am a school bus driver, it was 105.2 on my bus the other day. I have been nauseous, chills, headache and diarrhea. Try being in this kind of heat for 3.5 hours. I am surprised one of is drivers hasn't died from heat exhaustion
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  • Aug 30th, 2016
    Someone from Huntsville, TX signed.
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    Someone from Newnan, GA signed.
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    Someone from Norcross, GA signed.
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  • Aug 29th, 2016
    Someone from Knoxville, TN writes:
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    This is very dangerous !!!!!!!My advice for the ifficals is to ride the bus with the student!!!!!!! It is 92 F - outside ????? Get inside and feel it
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  • Aug 29th, 2016
    Someone from Ruther Glen, VA writes:
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    I think this is inexcusable and should be remedied ASAP! My daughter has PE for the last class of the day. She had to run all period and then get on a hot bus to go home. She lasted as long as she could and vomited in our front yard do to heat exhaustion. I guess it will take the death of a student for something to be done about this. If we as parents did something like this to our children we would be charged with child abuse, neglect, and child endangerment. Need I say more?
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  • Aug 29th, 2016
    Someone from Hillsboro, MO signed.
  • Aug 29th, 2016
    Someone from Wilmington, IL signed.
  • Aug 29th, 2016
    Someone from Rockport, IN writes:
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    I think we need to get air conditioning on our buses we have heaters so what will it hurt to get air conditioning on our buses? Is it the cost? Or the hassel
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  • Aug 28th, 2016
    Someone from Jefferson, GA signed.
  • Aug 27th, 2016
    Someone from Carmel, IN writes:
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    I was shocked when I found out about this.i thought it was only my daughters school because it's private and very small, but it's most schools. THUS enfuriates me.
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  • Aug 27th, 2016
    Someone from Cumming, GA signed.
  • Aug 27th, 2016
    Someone from Cumming, GA writes:
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    Long Overdue! Neither our children nor their bus drivers are disposable commodities. Last week, after listening to complaints I asked that a thermometer be used to monitor the bus temperature during the afternoon ride home from school. This was not a particularly hot day, yet the recorded temperature in the bus was 113°. We can no longer excuse behavior that leaves these people unprotected.
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  • Aug 26th, 2016
    Someone from King George, VA signed.
  • Aug 26th, 2016
    Someone from King George, VA writes:
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    King George County Virginia Schools went back August 15 this year with no plan for dealing with heat on buses. Middle school buses sit in the parking lot at the high school in full sun while waiting for high school students to load the bus. Bus driver reported 115 degree temperature on bus
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  • Aug 26th, 2016
    Someone from York, PA signed.
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  • Aug 26th, 2016
    Someone from Junction, IL writes:
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    As a sophomore who rides a buss without air conditioning I can confirm it is terrible. I am drenched in sweat even on the AM route.
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  • Aug 25th, 2016
    Someone from Mars, PA signed.
  • Aug 25th, 2016
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  • Aug 25th, 2016
    Someone from New Haven, CT writes:
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    This is LONG overdue! A/C should be a mandatory requirement in ALL SCHOOL BUSES. As well as airbags or impact suppressants of some sort to prevent injuries should an accident occur. A seat belt alone is NOT enough
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