,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #efj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #ag 7legislative day1 ,september #af71 
#bjad,mr4 ,blumenthal 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,blunt7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,designating   
,september #bjad as ,school ,bus ,safety
 ,month4  ,whereas approximately        
#dhj1jjj public and private school buses
 carry #bf1jjj1jjj children to and from 
school every weekday in the ,united     
,states2 ,whereas ,america's #dhj1jjj   
public and private school buses comprise
 the largest mass transportation fleet  
in the ,nation2 ,whereas during the     
school year1 school buses make more than
 #ee1jjj1jjj passenger trips daily and  
students ride these school buses        
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj times per year as the   
,nation's fleet travels over            
#e1fjj1jjj1jjj miles per school year2   
,whereas school buses are designed to be
 safer than passenger vehicles and are  

#ac times safer than other modes of     
school transportation1 and #dd times    
safer than vehicles driven by teenagers2
 ,whereas in an average year1 about #be 
school children are killed in school bus
 accidents1 with one-third of these     
children struck by their own school     
buses in loading_/unloading zones1      
one-third struck by motorists who fail  
to stop for school buses1 and one-third 
killed as they approach or depart a     
school bus stop2 ,whereas ,the ,child   
,safety ,network1 celebrating #bf years 
of national public service1 has         
collaborated with the ,national ,,pta   
and the school bus industry to create   
public service announcements to reduce  
distracted driving near school buses1   
increase ridership1 and provide free    
resources to school districts in order  
to increase driver safety training1     
provide free technology for tracking    
school buses1 reduce on-board bullying1 
and educate students2 and ,whereas the  
adoption of ,school ,bus ,safety ,month 

will allow broadcast and digital media  
and social networking industries to make
 commitments to disseminate public      
service announcements designed to save  
children's lives by making motorists    
aware of school bus safety issues3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it ,that the ,senate     
designates ,september #bjad as ,school  
,bus ,safety ,month4