Montana Code Annotated
Part 1. School Buses and Transportation
20-10-103. School bus driver qualifications

20-10-103. School bus driver qualifications. A driver of a school bus is qualified to drive a school bus if the driver:
(1) is not less than 18 years of age;
(2) is of good moral character;
(3) (a) is the holder of a commercial driver's license to operate a school bus designed to carry more than 10 passengers; or
(b) is the holder of a Montana driver's license to operate a school bus designed to carry 10 or fewer passengers;
(4) has filed with the district a satisfactory medical examination report, on a form approved by the United States department of transportation, signed by any physician licensed in the United States or, if acceptable to an insurance carrier, any licensed physician;
(5) has completed a basic first aid course and holds a valid basic first aid certificate from an authorized instructor. The issuance of the certificate is governed by rules established by the superintendent of public instruction, provided that the rules may suspend this requirement for a reasonable period of time if there has been an inadequate opportunity for securing the basic first aid course and certificate.
(6) has complied with any other qualifications established by the board of public education; and
(7) has filed with the county superintendent a certificate from the trustees of the district for which the school bus is to be driven, certifying compliance with the driver qualifications enumerated in this section.
History: En. 75-7003 by Sec. 280, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 50, L. 1977; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 151, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7003; amd. Sec. 37, Ch. 443, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 311, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 195, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 298, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 221, L. 2017.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 20. Education

Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services

Part 1. School Buses and Transportation

20-10-101. Definitions

20-10-102. School bus requirements

20-10-103. School bus driver qualifications

20-10-104. Penalty for violating law or rules

20-10-105. Determination of residence

20-10-106. Determination of mileage distances

20-10-107. Power of trustees

20-10-108. Two-way radio operation

20-10-109. Liability insurance for school bus

20-10-110. School bus purchase -- contract -- bids

20-10-111. Duties of board of public education

20-10-112. Duties of superintendent of public instruction

20-10-113. through 20-10-120 reserved

20-10-121. Duty of trustees to provide transportation -- types of transportation -- bus riding time limitation

20-10-122. Discretionary provision of transportation and payment for this transportation

20-10-123. Provision of transportation for nonpublic school children

20-10-124. Private party contract for transportation -- individual transportation contract

20-10-125. Bid letting for contract bus -- payments under transportation contract

20-10-126. Establishment of transportation service areas

20-10-127. Repealed

20-10-128. Repealed

20-10-129. Transportation for special activities

20-10-130. reserved

20-10-131. County transportation committee membership

20-10-132. Duties of county transportation committee

20-10-133. through 20-10-140 reserved

20-10-141. Schedule of maximum reimbursement by mileage rates

20-10-142. Schedule of maximum reimbursement for individual transportation

20-10-143. Budgeting for transportation and transmittal of transportation contracts

20-10-144. Computation of revenue and net tax levy requirements for district transportation fund budget

20-10-145. State transportation reimbursement

20-10-146. County transportation reimbursement

20-10-147. Bus depreciation reserve fund

20-10-148. Cost-effectiveness analysis required before purchase of small school bus