115C-257. Attorney General to pay claims.
The Attorney General is hereby authorized to pay reasonable medical expenses, not to exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000), incurred within one year from the date of accident to or for each pupil who sustains bodily injury or death caused by accident, while boarding, riding on, or alighting from a school bus operated by any local school administrative unit. (1955, c. 1372, art. 22, s. 1; 1981, c. 423, s. 1; c. 576, s. 1; 1998-212, s. 9.17(a).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 115C - Elementary and Secondary Education
Article 17 - Supporting Services.
§ 115C-239 - Authority of local boards of education.
§ 115C-240 - Authority and duties of State Board of Education.
§ 115C-241 - Assignment of school buses to schools.
§ 115C-242 - Use and operation of school buses.
§ 115C-242.1 - Installation and operation of automated school bus safety camera.
§ 115C-243 - Use of school buses by senior citizen groups.
§ 115C-244 - Assignment of pupils to school buses.
§ 115C-245 - School bus drivers; monitors; safety assistants.
§ 115C-246 - School bus routes.
§ 115C-247 - Purchase of activity buses by local boards.
§ 115C-249 - Purchase and maintenance of school buses, materials and supplies.
§ 115C-250 - Authority to expend funds for transportation of children with disabilities.
§ 115C-251 - Transportation supervisors.
§ 115C-252 - Aid in lieu of transportation.
§ 115C-253 - Contracts for transportation.
§ 115C-254 - Use of school buses by State defense militia or North Carolina National Guard.
§ 115C-255 - Liability insurance and waiver of immunity as to certain acts of bus drivers.
§ 115C-256 - School bus drivers under Workers' Compensation Act.
§ 115C-257 - Attorney General to pay claims.
§ 115C-258 - Provisions regarding payment.
§ 115C-259 - Claims must be filed within one year.
§ 115C-262 - Liability insurance and tort liability.
§ 115C-263 - School nutrition services.
§ 115C-264.1 - Preference to high-calcium foods and beverages in purchasing contracts.
§ 115C-264.2 - Vending machine sales.