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123B.91 School district bus safety responsibilities. Subdivision 1. Comprehensive policy. Each
123B.91 School district bus safety responsibilities.
Subdivision 1. Comprehensive policy. Each district
shall develop and implement a comprehensive, written policy
governing pupil transportation safety, including transportation
of nonpublic school students, when applicable. The policy, at
minimum, must contain:
(1) provisions for appropriate student bus safety training
under section 123B.90;
(2) rules governing student conduct on school buses and in
school bus loading and unloading areas;
(3) a statement of parent or guardian responsibilities
relating to school bus safety;
(4) an intradistrict system for reporting school bus
accidents or misconduct and a system for dealing with local law
enforcement officials in cases of criminal conduct on a school
bus;
(5) a discipline policy to address violations of school bus
safety rules, including procedures for revoking a student's bus
riding privileges in cases of serious or repeated misconduct;
(6) a system for integrating school bus misconduct records
with other discipline records;
(7) where applicable, provisions governing bus monitor
qualifications, training, and duties;
(8) rules governing the use and maintenance of type III
vehicles, drivers of type III vehicles, qualifications to drive
a type III vehicle, qualifications for a type III vehicle, and
the circumstances under which a student may be transported in a
type III vehicle;
(9) operating rules and procedures;
(10) emergency procedures;
(11) a system for maintaining and inspecting equipment; and
(12) any other requirements of the school district.
Subd. 2. School transportation safety director. Each
board shall designate a school transportation safety director to
oversee and implement pupil transportation safety policies. The
director shall have day-to-day responsibility for pupil
transportation safety within the district, including
transportation of nonpublic school children when provided by the
district.
HIST: 1994 c 647 art 12 s 14; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 2 s 8,9; art 16
s 13; 1998 c 397 art 7 s 9,164; art 11 s 3; 1998 c 398 art 6 s
21; 1999 c 241 art 9 s 24; 2000 c 489 art 6 s 15; 1Sp2003 c 9
art 1 s 8