(a) As used in this section, “school bus” means:
(1) A motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is:
(A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or
(B) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; and
(2) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is:
(A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or
(B) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.
(b) A school bus driver shall not operate the school bus until every passenger is seated.
(c)
(1) The superintendent of each public school in this state is responsible for ensuring that no school bus is scheduled to transport more students than can be reasonably seated in the school bus.
(2) Any superintendent who knowingly violates subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
§ 6-19-101. Regulations and standards generally
§ 6-19-102. Authority to transport students — Vehicles and operators
§ 6-19-103. Directors exempt from liability
§ 6-19-104. Bus drivers generally
§ 6-19-106. Bus drivers — Qualifications
§ 6-19-107. Bus drivers — Application for employment — Driving records
§ 6-19-108. Bus drivers — Certification
§ 6-19-109. Bus drivers — Seat belts
§ 6-19-110. Bus drivers — Loading and discharging pupils — Definitions
§ 6-19-111. Bus rules — Design and operation
§ 6-19-112. Tax exemption for school vehicles
§ 6-19-113. Registration exemption for buses
§ 6-19-115. Bus permit numbers
§ 6-19-117. School bus safety equipment — Definition
§ 6-19-119. School bus passengers required to be seated — Definition
§ 6-19-120. Operation of a school bus while using a cellular telephone — Definitions
§ 6-19-122. Safe transportation of school children on buses and other vehicles
§ 6-19-125. Safety equipment grant pilot program — Definitions
§ 6-19-126. Notice on school buses
§ 6-19-127. Parental monitors on school buses
§ 6-19-129. Advertising on school buses
§ 6-19-130. School bus passenger restraint systems — Definitions