(a) The purpose of this section is to protect children from abusive behavior while riding a school bus.
(b) A school district board of directors may create and implement a program to authorize a parent of a child enrolled in the school district to act as a monitor in a school bus.
(c) The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall adopt rules to implement this section.
(d) A parental monitor under this section is a qualified volunteer under the Arkansas Volunteer Immunity Act, § 16-6-101 et seq.
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