Miss. considers allowing ads on school buses
JACKSON, Miss. -- Those traditional yellow school buses might soon be decorated with advertising, if some Mississippi lawmakers get their way.
Supporters say allowing commercial messages on buses is a way to help school districts increase their local revenues when budgets are tight, while opponents say young children shouldn't exposed to ads in a setting without parental supervision.
The House voted 94-21 last week to pass a bill that would let districts sell advertising space inside and outside school buses, starting July 1. There would be restrictions: No ads for alcohol, tobacco or junk food or for political or religious causes.
The bill is being sent to the other end of the Capitol for more debate, and one Senate Education Committee member said he has some concerns.
AP
2/7/10
Posted February 8, 2010 - 7:50 am
Friday, September 3, 2010
As a tax payer.... I don’t want a dang ad on them. They’re nice and bright yellow and should stay that way. Not every dang surface has to have an ad. We start at the TOP and clean out paper pushers, , top of the line athletic fields, press boxes, 156 too dang many superintendents… 156 school boards too dang many.... could go on and on.... Lots of other things need to be done, before we slap ads on and inside school buses. Put a bunch of ADMINISTRATORS and SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS out to pasture, and cut a lot of the fat.... and NO that does not mean raising taxes on the LOCAL level. WE ARE ALL TAXED TO DEATH… that why revenues and things keep dropping.