A. The Board may make regulations relating to the construction, design, operation, equipment, and color of public school buses and shall have the authority to issue an order prohibiting the operation on public streets and highways of any public school bus that does not comply with such regulations. Any such order shall be enforced by the Department of State Police.
B. Local school boards may, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, display decals depicting the flag of the United States on the sides and rear of school buses as long as any such decal does not obstruct the name of the school division or the number of the school bus and is no larger than 100 square inches. In addition, local school boards may, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, display decals relating to school bus safety. Local school divisions shall be responsible for the cost of the decals. Such decal shall not obstruct the name of the school division or the number of the school bus.
C. No regulation of the Board shall unreasonably limit the authority of any local school division to purchase and use school buses using compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels or convert its school buses to use compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels.
D. Any local school board may, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, sell or transfer any of its school buses to another school division or purchase a used school bus from another school division or a school bus dealer as long as the school bus (i) conforms to the specifications relating to construction and design effective in the Commonwealth on the date of manufacture; (ii) has a valid Virginia State Police inspection; and (iii) has not reached the end of its useful life according to the school bus replacement schedule utilized by the Department of Education as required by the general appropriation act.
Code 1950, § 22-276; 1958, c. 274; 1980, c. 559; 1991, c. 191; 2003, c. 162; 2007, c. 104; 2013, c. 778; 2015, c. 559.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation
§ 22.1-176.1. Agreements to provide transportation for nonpublic school pupils
§ 22.1-176.2. Certain students; waiver to access student transportation in certain cases
§ 22.1-178. Requirements for persons employed to drive school buses
§ 22.1-181. Training program for school bus operators
§ 22.1-182. Use of school buses for public and commercial purposes
§ 22.1-183. When warning lights and identification to be covered
§ 22.1-184. School bus emergency drills
§ 22.1-185. Shelters on bus routes
§ 22.1-186. Payments for transportation of pupils
§ 22.1-187. Exemption from payment of tolls by certain students, etc.
§ 22.1-189. Compliance with article prerequisite to receiving state school funds
§ 22.1-190. When insurance required and amount thereof
§ 22.1-191. When Superintendent of Public Instruction to obtain insurance
§ 22.1-192. Injury and damage covered by policy
§ 22.1-193. Sufficiency of proof in action on policy; guest doctrine not applicable
§ 22.1-194. Liability of locality or school board owning or operating vehicle
§ 22.1-195. Recovery where vehicle operated under contract
§ 22.1-197. Distribution of funds when Superintendent effects insurance