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VA Code § 22.1-180 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-180. Requirements for persons employed to transport pupils attending religious or private schools

No person, partnership, association or corporation operating any religious or private school shall hire, employ or enter into any agreement with any person for the purpose of transporting pupils by motor vehicle unless such person shall present the documents and meet the qualifications required of operators of public school buses by subsection A of § 22.1-178. The State Department of Education shall furnish the forms prescribed for the purposes of § 22.1-178 to any person, partnership, association or corporation who shall request such forms for the purpose of compliance with this section.Code 1950, § 22-276.2; 1968, c. 432; 1980, c. 559; 2005, c. 928.
VA Code § 22.1-181 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-181. Training program for school bus operators

A. The Board shall promulgate regulations requiring persons applying for employment, and employed, to operate school buses to complete a training program developed by the Board.B. For applicants not currently possessing a commercial driver's license, such regulations shall require (i) a minimum of 24 hours of classroom training administered pursuant to this section and (ii) six hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers. For applicants currently possessing a commercial driver's license, such regulations shall require (a) a minimum of four hours of classroom training administered pursuant to this section and (b) three hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers. Behind-the-wheel training shall be administered under the direct on-board supervision of a designated school bus driver trainer.C. The training program developed by the Board shall include safety protocols for responding to adverse weather conditions, unsafe conditions during loading and unloading of students, students on the wrong bus, and other circumstances, as determined by the Board, where student safety is at risk.Code 1950, § 22-276.3; 1977, c. 393; 1980, c. 559; 2018, cc. 203, 389; 2019, c. 769.
VA Code § 22.1-182 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-182. Use of school buses for public purposes

The school board of any school division may enter into agreements with the governing body of any county, city or town in the school division, any state agency or any agency established or identified pursuant to United States Public Law 89-73 or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto providing for the use of the school buses of such school division by such agency or by departments, boards, commissions or officers of such county, city or town for public purposes, including transportation for the elderly. Each such agreement shall provide for reimbursing the school board in full for the proportionate share of any and all costs, both fixed and variable, of such buses incurred by such school board attributable to the use of such buses pursuant to such agreement. The governing body, state agency or agency established or identified pursuant to United States Public Law 89-73 or any law amendatory or supplemental thereto shall indemnify and hold harmless the school board from any and all liability of the school board by virtue of use of such buses pursuant to an agreement authorized herein.Code 1950, § 22-151.2; 1973, c. 368; 1975, c. 633; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-183 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-183. When warning lights and identification to be covered

It shall be unlawful for a school bus licensed in this Commonwealth to be operated on the public highways of this Commonwealth for the purpose of transporting persons or commodities other than school personnel, school children or elderly or mentally or physically handicapped persons unless the lettered identification and school bus traffic warning lights on the front and rear of such bus are covered with some opaque detachable material. This section shall not apply to any such bus when operated by a salesman or demonstrator in connection with a prospective sale or delivery of a bus.Code 1950, §§ 22-151.2, 22-280.1; 1973, c. 368; 1975, c. 633; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-184 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-184. School bus emergency drills

At every public school having public school buses there shall be held, at least once during the first ninety calendar days of each school session and oftener if necessary, a drill in leaving school buses under emergency circumstances.Code 1950, § 22-280.2; 1964, c. 174; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-185 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-185. Shelters on bus routes

The governing body of any county, city or town may expend funds for the construction and maintenance at points on school bus routes of such shelters, platforms or other structures as it may deem necessary or convenient for the protection and comfort of children of school age who go to such points to meet school buses.Code 1950, § 22-282; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-186 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-186. Payments for transportation of pupils

The regulations of the Board of Education governing state payments for pupil transportation shall provide for payments to school divisions for pupil transportation provided by the school divisions both through systems operated by the school divisions and through contracts with public transportation facilities.Code 1950, § 22-283.1; 1972, c. 699; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-187 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-187. Exemption from payment of tolls by certain students, etc.

It shall be unlawful to collect any toll for the use of any road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth, except those financed under the Transportation Development and Revenue Bond Act (§ 33.2-1700 et seq.) or other act authorizing the construction by the State or a political subdivision thereof of projects financed by the issuance of bonds payable solely from tolls and other revenues of the project, (i) by any student or other person using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance upon any school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth, or classes in water safety training conducted under the auspices of the American Red Cross, or (ii) by the vehicle carrying the student or other person.Any such student or other person or the parent or guardian of any such student may apply for and receive from the principal of any school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution in the Commonwealth a card certifying that the student or other person uses such road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for regularly attending such school, institution of higher education, or educational institution or classes at any such school or institution. Such card exhibited to the person in charge of any tollgate on any road, highway, bridge, or ferry in the Commonwealth shall be accepted in lieu of all charges for the passage through such tollgate of any such student, person, or the vehicle carrying him when using the road, highway, bridge, or ferry daily for going to or from immediate attendance at any such school, institution of higher education, or other educational institution or classes at any such school or institution.Any person using any such card, except for the purpose herein specified, shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.Code 1950, § 22-277; 1956, c. 237; 1958, c. 465; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-188 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-188. Definitions

As used in this article:1. "Vehicle" means any vehicle owned or operated by, or owned or operated by any person under contract with, a county, city, town or school board in which any school pupils or personnel are transported at public expense to or from any public school.2. "School pupils and personnel" includes school bus patrolmen when performing duties either in or outside a vehicle as prescribed by the Board of Education.1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-189 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-189. Compliance with article prerequisite to receiving state school funds

No school division in which any school pupils or personnel are transported at public expense to or from any public school in any vehicle shall receive any state school funds unless it complies with all applicable requirements of this article and submits satisfactory evidence to the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the effectuation of all requisite insurance.Code 1950, § 22-284; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-190 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-190. When insurance required and amount thereof

A. Every vehicle shall be covered in a policy of liability and property damage insurance issued by an insurance carrier authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth, in the amounts of at least $50,000 for injury, including death, to one person; $500,000 for injury, including death, to all persons injured in any one accident; and $50,000 for damage, including destruction, to the property of any person, other than the insured. In addition, the policy of insurance shall provide coverage for loss or damage caused by an uninsured motorist in accordance with the provisions of § 38.2-2206 and in the amounts required by this section. The policy shall also provide for medical expense payment coverage in the minimum amount of $5,000 for each person injured. Taxicabs providing transportation of students under contract with a school division shall be covered by policies providing coverage of at least $50,000 for injury, including death, to one person; $200,000 for injury, including death, to all persons injured in any one accident; $10,000 for damage, including destruction, to the property of any person other than the insured; and medical expense payment coverage in the minimum amount of $1,000 for each person injured, or in such higher amounts as the contract with the school division or a local ordinance may prescribe.B. The insurance so effected shall be subject to all laws of this Commonwealth regulating insurance.C. This insurance shall not be required in cases when pupils are transported on a common carrier if such carrier is covered by a policy of insurance affording substantially the protection required by this article.D. This insurance shall not be required in cases where pupils are transported in vehicles which are owned or operated by a county, city, town or school board which has qualified for and received a certificate of self-insurance from the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles, following a certification of financial responsibility equal to that required under subsection A of this section. The Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles may require posting of a bond by a locality or school board as a condition to issuance of a certificate of financial responsibility pursuant to this subsection.Code 1950, § 22-285; 1958, c. 301; 1970, c. 681; 1976, c. 224; 1980, c. 559; 2012, c. 593.
VA Code § 22.1-191 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-191. When Superintendent of Public Instruction to obtain insurance

In every case in which a locality or its school board fails to obtain, or to require vehicles operated under contract with it to be covered by, the requisite insurance by the twentieth of July of any year or fails to notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the effectuation of requisite insurance on or before the first of August, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, on or before the first of September, to obtain insurance complying with the requirements of this article on all vehicles, as far as known to or reasonably ascertainable by him, to be used in the school division for school pupil and personnel transportation in the ensuing session and to expend for this purpose the requisite amount out of any state school funds otherwise distributable, or becoming distributable, to the school division so in default.Code 1950, § 22-287; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-192 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-192. Injury and damage covered by policy

Every policy of insurance issued in pursuance of the provisions of this article, in addition to compliance with other requirements of this article and with the requirements of other applicable laws, shall cover:1. Injury, including death, to school pupils and personnel, except the driver when not a pupil, riding as passengers on any of the vehicles so insured when used to transport such persons at public expense;2. Injury, including death, to any persons not passengers on any such vehicle;3. Damage, including destruction, to property of any person other than the insured.Code 1950, § 22-288; 1962, c. 181; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-193 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-193. Sufficiency of proof in action on policy; guest doctrine not applicable

In case any school pupil or personnel, except the driver when not a pupil, whether riding in a vehicle or not, or any other person suffers injury, including death, or property damage, including destruction, through the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a vehicle, it shall be sufficient, in an action for recovery upon the policy, to prove such facts and circumstances as are required to be shown in order to recover damages for death or injury to person or property caused by the negligent operation of privately owned motor vehicles in Virginia; provided that such pupils and personnel shall not be considered as guests, and § 8.01-63 shall not apply to them.Code 1950, § 22-289; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-194 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-194. Liability of locality or school board owning or operating vehicle

In case the locality or the school board is the owner, or operator through medium of a driver, of, or otherwise is the insured under the policy upon, a vehicle involved in an accident, the locality or school board shall be subject to action up to, but not beyond, the limits of valid and collectible insurance in force to cover the injury complained of or, in cases set forth in subsection D of § 22.1-190, up to but not beyond the amounts of insurance required under subsection A of § 22.1-190 and the defense of governmental immunity shall not be a bar to action or recovery. In case of several claims for damages arising out of a single accident involving a vehicle, the claims of pupils and school personnel, excluding driver when not a pupil, shall be first satisfied. In no event, except where approved self-insurance has been provided pursuant to subsection D of § 22.1-190, shall school funds be used to pay any claim or judgment or any person for any injury arising out of the operation of any such vehicle. The locality or school board may be sued alone or jointly with the driver, provided that in no case shall any member of a school board be liable personally in the capacity of school board member solely.Code 1950, § 22-290; 1976, c. 224; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-195 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-195. Recovery where vehicle operated under contract

In case a vehicle involved in an accident is not owned by the county, city, town or school board but is operated under contract with the locality or school board, recovery may be had as provided for in § 22.1-193.Code 1950, § 22-291; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-196 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-196. Lapsed insurance

If insurance is obtained but lapses while a vehicle is still being used or is proposed to be used to transport school pupils or personnel, no school funds remaining to be distributed to the school board so in default shall be distributed to it until the terms of this article in this regard have been fully complied with.Code 1950, § 22-292; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-197 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-197. Distribution of funds when Superintendent effects insurance

When the Superintendent of Public Instruction effects insurance as required by this article, he shall nevertheless not make any distribution of state school aid funds to the school board so in default until he has been furnished with satisfactory assurances that all vehicles required by this article to be covered by insurance have been duly insured.Code 1950, § 22-293; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-198 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation|§ 22.1-198. Applicability of article not dependent upon approval of vehicles or allocability of state aid

The provisions of this article apply to all vehicles whether or not the regulations of the Board of Education established pursuant to § 22.1-177 have been complied with and irrespective of whether or not any state aid for transporting school pupils and personnel in the particular vehicle has been, is, or will be allocable.Code 1950, § 22-294; 1980, c. 559.
VA Code § 22.1-199 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-199. Kindergarten programs suitable for certain children

A. The kindergarten program in each school division shall include a program suitable for children who will reach their fifth birthday on or before September 30 of the school year. The school board's plan for such program shall be furnished to the Board of Education and shall include the following:1. A statement of purpose and objectives of the kindergarten program that reflects consideration of the different readiness and maturity levels of children in the program;2. A description of the organization, scheduling and staffing of the program that reflects a responsiveness to the needs of the children of the age span to be served in the program;3. Evidence that the program plan was developed by a committee that included early childhood specialists, parents, teachers and administrators;4. Scheduling and an agenda of in-service activities for kindergarten teachers to ensure adequate preparation for the program;5. A plan for the interface of the kindergarten program with the primary program to allow for continuous progress.B. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall disseminate to the school divisions information concerning the ages when children are required or eligible to attend school. Each school division shall disseminate such information to parents of such children of such ages upon or prior to enrollment of such children in the public schools of the division.C. The age requirements set forth in subsection A of this section shall not affect the operation of any two-tiered, junior or other developmentally appropriate pre-kindergarten program or transitional first grade. In those school divisions implementing such programs, children whose fifth birthday occurs between October 1 and December 31 of the school year may be enrolled in kindergarten after an appropriate readiness evaluation has demonstrated that attendance in these programs will educationally benefit such children.Code 1950, § 22-218.1:1; 1978, c. 518; 1980, cc. 559, 570; 1985, c. 407; 1990, c. 792; 1991, c. 138.
VA Code § 22.1-199.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-199.2. Standards for remediation programs established

The Board of Education shall promulgate regulations for establishing standards for remediation programs that receive state funding, without regard to state funding designations, which shall be designed to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of such programs in increasing the scholastic achievement of students with academic deficiencies. Such standards shall require school divisions to evaluate remediation programs, annually, in terms of the pass rate on the Standards of Learning tests and the demographic and educational characteristics of students who have been identified for remediation pursuant to subsection C of § 22.1-253.13:1, or clause (ii) of subsection A of § 22.1-254, and § 22.1-254.01.The Board shall also establish in regulations, a formula for determining the level of funding necessary to assist school divisions in providing transportation services to students required to attend remediation programs.1997, c. 466; 1998, cc. 602, 627, 902; 1999, cc. 488, 537, 552; 2000, c. 716; 2003, c. 697; 2006, cc. 41, 834; 2010, c. 61.
VA Code § 22.1-199.4 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-199.4. At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Program and Fund

A. From such funds as may be appropriated for such purpose and from such gifts, donations, grants, bequests, and other funds as may be received on its behalf, there is hereby established the At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Program, to be administered by the Board of Education, and a special nonreverting fund within the Department of the Treasury known as the At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Fund, hereafter referred to as the "Fund." The Fund shall be established on the books of the Comptroller, and any moneys remaining in such Fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the general fund but shall remain in the Fund. Interest earned on such funds shall remain in the Fund and be credited to it.The Department of the Treasury shall administer and manage the Fund, subject to the authority of the Board of Education to provide for its disbursement. The Fund shall be disbursed to award noncompetitive grants to public school divisions to implement research-based programs or programs identified as best practices that are designed to improve the academic achievement of at-risk public school students on the Standards of Learning assessments and decrease the rate of dropout among at-risk public school students.B. The amount of grants and required local matching funds shall be determined as provided in the appropriation act.Funds received through this Program shall be used to supplement, not supplant, any local funds currently provided for at-risk programs within the school division.C. The Board may issue guidelines governing the Program as it deems necessary and appropriate.2004, c. 456; 2016, cc. 720, 750.
VA Code § 22.1-199.5 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-199.5. After school programs for at-risk students

A local school board may establish after school programs designed to prevent at-risk youth from engaging in illegal or gang-related activities for school aged children.Local funds appropriated for K through 12 education may be used to support such after-school programs.2008, c. 455.
VA Code § 22.1-199.6 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 22.1 - Education|Chapter 13 - Programs, Courses of Instruction and Textbooks|§ 22.1-199.6. Expired

Expired.