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SC Code § 59-67-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-140. Inspection of road conditions on bus routes; duties of drivers.

 During the school year, each school bus driver shall report, in writing, to the proper school official any hazardous road conditions on his routes. The school official shall forward such reports to the county transportation supervisor who shall follow the procedure required of him in Section 59-67-130.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-805; 1974 (58) 2311.
SC Code § 59-67-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-150. Qualifications of bus driver; drinking or smoking on bus.

 The driver of each school bus must be an experienced driver of good moral habits, and neither he nor any pupil nor any other person shall use alcoholic liquors or smoke any cigar, cigarette, pipe, tobacco or other substance in such vehicle during the time he is operating the same as a school bus.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-807; 1952 Code Section 21-807; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367; 1946 (44) 1341.
SC Code § 59-67-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-160. Physical examination of school bus driver.

 A school bus driver shall have a physical examination that meets the requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR), 49 C.F.R. 391.41, and meets the certification requirements of this section, certified by a medical examiner as defined in 49 C.F.R. 390.5, before the testing required to operate a school bus and at least every two years after that. The certification must be made on forms provided by the State Department of Education or the United States Department of Transportation. The school bus driver candidate shall provide the testing administrator with the certified physical examination before taking the school bus driver physical performance test and the commercial driver's license skills test. The school bus driver candidate shall provide a copy of the certification to the employing school district. A school district may require additional physical examinations as the district determines to be appropriate. The State assumes no responsibility for the cost of physical examinations required by districts.  HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 351, Section 1, eff June 9, 2006; 2015 Act No. 66 (H.3882), Section 1, eff June 8, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2015 Act No. 66, Section 1, rewrote the first sentence, substituting federal requirements for prior state protocols and guidelines, and in the third to last sentence, deleted "physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant's" following "copy of the".
SC Code § 59-67-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-180. General supervision of bus by driver.

 The driver of every school bus while the bus is being operated as such shall have general supervision of it and shall not permit or allow any person in the bus to occupy such a position as will interfere with the vision of the driver either to the front, either side or rear of the vehicle while it is in motion.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-811; 1952 Code Section 21-811; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-190. Driver prohibited from leaving bus while engine is running.

 No driver or operator of a school bus shall leave the bus while the engine is running.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-812; 1952 Code Section 21-812; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-200. Complete stop to receive or discharge passenger required.

 Each school bus must come to a complete stop with clutch disengaged before any passenger is permitted to alight or enter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-813; 1952 Code Section 21-813; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-210. School bus passing another school bus unlawful.

 It shall be unlawful for any person operating a school bus to pass another school bus unless the lead bus is in a stopped position and the driver of the lead bus has signalled to the operator of the bus in the rear that it is safe to pass. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined the sum of one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a term of thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-813.1; 1953 (48) 200.
SC Code § 59-67-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-220. Filling gasoline tank while engine is running or pupils are on bus prohibited.

 No gasoline tank on or in any vehicle used as a school bus shall be filled while the engine is running or, except in an emergency, when there are pupils in the bus.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-814; 1952 Code Section 21-814; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-230. Driver required to stop before crossing railroad track.

 The operator of any school bus shall, before crossing at grade any tracks of any railroad, bring his vehicle to a full and complete stop within not less than fifteen feet nor more than fifty feet from the rail of the track nearest to the front of such vehicle and shall, after such stop, ascertain if it is safe to proceed before crossing such tracks.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-815; 1952 Code Section 21-815; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367; 1972 (57) 2492.
SC Code § 59-67-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-240. Other duties of driver; discipline of pupils for misconduct.

 The driver of each school bus shall cooperate with the teachers in their work in the school to which he is transporting pupils by being on time in the mornings and waiting in the afternoons until all his pupils are dismissed by the school faculty and safely aboard his bus. He also shall take particular notice along his route in the mornings and give pupils within sight a reasonable time in which to board his bus. The driver shall be responsible for maintaining good conduct upon his bus and shall report promptly to the governing head of the school to or from which the pupils are transported any misconduct or any violation of the driver's instructions by any person riding in his bus.  District boards of school trustees in this State may authorize school administrators to suspend or expel pupils from riding a school bus for misconduct on the bus or for violating instructions of the driver.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-816; 1952 Code Section 21-816; 1946 (44) 1341; 1982 Act No. 296, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-67-245 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-245. Interference with operation of school bus; penalties.

 No person shall wilfully and wrongfully interfere with the operation of a school bus, either public or private, by boarding, restricting movement or using threats, either physical or verbal, to the driver or any passenger while the bus is engaged in the transportation of pupils to and from school or any lawful school activity or while passengers are entering or leaving the bus nor shall any person wilfully fail or refuse to obey a lawful order of a school bus driver relating to the occupancy of a school bus. The use of threatening, obscene or profane language addressed to the driver or any passenger entering, leaving or waiting for a school bus is disorderly conduct and any person convicted for the use of such language shall be punished as provided in Section 16-17-530. Nothing contained herein shall be interpreted to infringe upon the power and duties of duly constituted authorities.  HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 75, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-67-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-250. Posting of copies of relevant statutes.

 The trustees of the various school districts shall cause to be posted in each school bus operating within their district at least two copies of Section 59-67-240, and the Superintendent of Education of this State shall furnish a sufficient number of copies of said section to the various school districts to the end that the provisions of this section may be complied with.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-817; 1952 Code Section 21-817; 1946 (44) 1341.
SC Code § 59-67-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-260. Check of school bus operation by Department of Public Safety.

 The Department of Public Safety shall have the operation of school buses spot checked periodically and report all infractions of the laws or misconduct of any kind on the part of the drivers to the chairman of the board of trustees of the school that may be affected thereby.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-818; 1953 (48) 201; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1576.
SC Code § 59-67-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-270. Inspection of buses.

 (A)(1) All publicly owned or leased school buses, including buses owned or leased by a public school district, must be inspected annually in compliance with either the State Department of Education's annual school bus inspection program or the federal Department of Transportation annual inspection program if the standards of the federal inspection program meet or exceed the standards of the state's program. The State Department of Education shall assist school districts using the Department of Education's program by providing the training and certification of a limited number of personnel designated by a school district to perform the inspection, providing the inspection manuals and forms, and supplying the inspection certificate stickers for the school buses. The State Department of Education's assistance must be free of charge. Any savings resulting from the ability to be inspected by either the State Department of Education or the federal Department of Transportation shall be expended on accountability programs set forth in Chapter 18 of this title.  (2) All privately owned vehicles designed and used to transport ten or more preprimary, primary, or secondary students to or from school, school-related activities, or childcare must be inspected annually. Inspections for these privately owned vehicles must comply with applicable federal inspection requirements. A copy of the vehicle inspection report must be kept on these vehicles at all times.  (3) The owner or lessee of a school bus shall be solely responsible for the implementation and accountability of school bus inspections.  (B) All school buses are subject to inspection at any time or place by officers of the State Transport Police or inspection forces. A school bus may not continue in operation in the transportation of students when the annual inspection is more than twelve months old or the school bus is found to be unsafe after any inspection until the unsafe conditions disclosed by the inspection have been corrected.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-819; 1952 Code Section 21-819; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367; 2007 Act No. 79, Section 5, eff June 7, 2007; 2008 Act No. 282, Section 3, eff June 5, 2008.  Effect of Amendment  The 2007 amendment added subsection (A) and designated the existing text as subsection (B), substituting in the first sentence "Transport Police" for "Highway Patrol", in the second sentence substituting "students" for "pupils" and adding " the annual inspection is more than twelve months old or the school bus is" and "after any inspection", and making nonsubstantive changes throughout.  The 2008 amendment, in paragraph (A)(1), added the provisions relating to inspection of buses by the Federal Department of Transportation and the fourth sentence relating to use of any savings.
SC Code § 59-67-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-280. Penalties.

 The doing of anything prohibited by this article or failing to do anything required by this article shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than five nor more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-820; 1952 Code Section 21-820; 1942 Code Section 1626-3; 1937 (40) 367.
SC Code § 59-67-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-290. Negligence or carelessness of driver not imputable to passengers.

 The negligence or carelessness of the driver of any motor-driven vehicle used for the transportation of children to and from school shall not be imputed to the passengers on such vehicle.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 46-802; 1952 Code Section 46-802; 1942 Code Section 1626; 1932 Code Section 1626; 1928 (35) 1320; 1938 (40) 1599.
SC Code § 59-67-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-300. Overnight parking; waivers.

 State-owned school buses must be parked overnight and during the school day in a location that is central to the area in which the school buses are operated. The Department of Education shall grant a waiver to the requirements of this section if a waiver is requested by the district superintendent in compliance with Department of Education policies.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 79, Section 9, eff June 7, 2007.
SC Code § 59-67-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-410. Control by State Board of Education of school bus transportation.

 The control and management of all school bus transportation in the State shall be vested in the State Board of Education.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-833; 1952 Code Section 21-833; 1951 (47) 546.
SC Code § 59-67-415 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-415. Parental responsibility for safe and timely arrival of children to and from bus stop.

 Parents or guardians are responsible for the safety, conduct, and the timely arrival of their children to, from, and at the designated school bus stop before the arrival of the school bus for pick up and transport to school and the timely departure of the children after the school bus leaves the designated school bus stop after transporting the children from school. For purposes of this section, the phrase "arrival of the school bus" includes the time that the school bus assigned to the school bus stop activates the required pedestrian safety devices, stops, and loads or unloads students until the school bus deactivates all pedestrian safety devices.  HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 79, Section 3, eff June 7, 2007.
SC Code § 59-67-421 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-421. Liability in regard to school transportation within hazardous areas.

 In relation to expenditures for transportation within hazardous areas as authorized by Section 59-67-420, no school district shall suffer liability for designation of such area as within the authority of Section 59-67-420 or for failure to designate any area as hazardous.  HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, Section 15E.
SC Code § 59-67-425 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-425. Transportation of children attending kindergarten or child development programs.

 Three, four, or five-year old children attending public school-sponsored kindergarten or child development programs must be permitted to ride state-owned buses to the extent funds are made available by the General Assembly or as long as transportation services may be provided at no additional cost to the State.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 519, Part II, Section 9; 1984 Act No. 512, Part II, Section 15B.
SC Code § 59-67-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-440. Board may borrow from Division of Sinking Funds and Property to effect purchases of school bus equipment.

 The State Board of Education is empowered to borrow, and the Division of Sinking Funds and Property is empowered and directed to lend to the State Board of Education, such sums of money as the State Board of Education shall require to enable it to effect purchases of school bus equipment, provided, that, the aggregate of such indebtedness to be outstanding shall not at any time exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars. The indebtedness shall be repayable not later than one year from the occasion that it shall be incurred, and shall be incurred only to the extent that the aggregate of such indebtedness, plus the other indebtedness incurred pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 71 of this Title for school bus equipment, shall not exceed, on the date that such indebtedness shall mature, the limit prescribed by Section 59-71-420 for outstanding bonded indebtedness incurred for the purpose of school bus equipment, it being intended that notwithstanding that the aggregate of indebtedness prescribed for school bus equipment may be increased through the incurring of indebtedness pursuant to this section to an extent which may, on the occasion that the short term indebtedness herein authorized shall be incurred, exceed the limit prescribed for bonded debt to be outstanding for school bus equipment, the limit established by Section 59-71-420 shall not be otherwise exceeded.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-837; 1959 (51) 606.
SC Code § 59-67-450 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-450. Form of indebtedness; interest; payment.

 The indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 59-67-440 shall be in such form and shall bear such rate of interest as may be agreed upon between the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the State Board of Education.  For the payment of the indebtedness and the interest to accrue thereon, the principal proceeds of the next bonds to be issued pursuant to Article 5 of Chapter 71 of this Title for school purposes shall be pledged and on the occasion that such further school bonds shall be issued pursuant thereto, sufficient of the proceeds thereof shall be used to retire such indebtedness, both principal and interest.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-837.1; 1959 (51) 606.
SC Code § 59-67-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-460. Contracts for transportation services with private individuals or contractors; State aid.

 Any county board of education may at any time contract for any part or all of its transportation services with private individuals or contractors for the furnishing of such services. In any such instance the county board of education shall execute the contracts. The county board shall be responsible for the payment of all sums due under contracts so entered into and shall receive aid from the State for pupils thus transported only on the basis of the average per pupil operating cost of State-owned equipment for the current year as determined by the State Board of Education.  The Board may enter into agreements with county boards of education whereby pupils living in isolated areas may be transported by special arrangements when such transportation can be provided at lower cost than by operating a regular bus route.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-838; 1952 Code Section 21-838; 1951 (47) 546; 1953 (48) 3.
SC Code § 59-67-470 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-470. Bus drivers; selection; eligibility, training and certificates.

 The school bus drivers, whether students or adults, shall be selected and employed by the respective boards of trustees of the school districts, subject to the approval of the respective county boards of education. No person under sixteen years of age shall be eligible for consideration as a bus driver. Before being employed, all prospective drivers shall be examined by the State Board of Education to determine their competency. The State Board of Education shall provide a rigid school bus driver training course and issue special "school bus driver's certificates" to successful candidates. No person shall be authorized to drive a school bus in this State transporting children, whether the bus be owned by the State, by a local school agency, or by a private contractor, who has not been so certified by the State Board of Education. All school bus driver certificates shall be renewed every three years. Drivers who have certificates issued prior to September 1962, must enroll and satisfactorily complete bus driver training courses prior to September 1965, and each three years thereafter. Local school superintendents shall supervise the conduct of pupils being transported and of school bus drivers. When any person is relieved of his duties as a bus driver, for just cause, the local school superintendent shall require the driver to turn in his school bus driver certificate which shall be forwarded to the State Board of Education. A certificate may be reissued to such a driver at a later date upon approval of the local superintendent and the State Board of Education. The provisions of this section shall not apply to private schools.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-839; 1952 Code Section 21-839, 1951 (47) 546; 1953 (48) 350; 1964 (53) 2097; 1965 (54) 649.
SC Code § 59-67-480 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-480. Salaries of drivers of State-owned buses.

 Salaries of school bus drivers of State-owned buses shall be fixed annually by the General Assembly.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-839.1; 1952 Code Section 21-839.1; 1951 (47) 546, 710; 1964 (53) 2099.
SC Code § 59-67-490 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-490. Proposed routes shall be submitted to Board of Education annually; approval.

 The boards of trustees of each district shall make a thorough study of transportation needs each year, and shall submit proposed route descriptions in accordance with the limitations of Section 59-67-420 and approved by county school authorities to the State Board of Education annually. All routes served by State-owned equipment shall be subject to the approval of the Board and the local board of trustees; no such equipment shall be operated except upon routes so approved.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-839.2; 1952 Code Section 21-839.2; 1951 (47) 546; 1964 (53) 2164.
SC Code § 59-67-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 67 - Transportation Of Pupils; School Buses|Section 59-67-500. Routes of buses owned and operated by local school agencies.

 The Board shall have no jurisdiction over the routing of buses owned and operated by local school agencies either directly or by contract.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-839.3; 1952 Code Section 21-839.3; 1951 (47) 546.