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AR Code § 6-19-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-107. Bus drivers — Application for employment — Driving records

 (a)  (1) An applicant for employment as a school bus driver shall submit an application prescribed by the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to the school district in which he or she seeks employment.  (2) The application shall include a statement signed by the applicant that authorizes the release of his or her traffic violation report from the Office of Driver Services to provide the school district with the applicant's driving record.    (b) The office shall report the applicant's driving record without charge to the school district requesting the record.  (c)  (1) The applicant's driving record shall be evaluated according to guidelines established by the division before permanent employment.  (2) The school district may hire an applicant as a bus driver on a temporary basis until official verification of the driving record is received and evaluated.  (3) The school district shall review and maintain a file of semiannual reports on the driving records of school bus drivers.
AR Code § 6-19-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-108. Bus drivers — Certification

 (a)  (1) An applicant seeking employment as a driver or an operator of a school bus, either privately or publicly owned, is required to take and pass a series of tests as prescribed by the Department of Arkansas State Police under § 27-23-108 and the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to determine the physical fitness and driving ability to serve as a school bus driver.  (2) The tests shall include:  (A) A physical examination given by a licensed physician or advanced practice nurse for school bus drivers, as required by the division;  (B) Other requirements as may be prescribed by rules issued jointly by the department and the division for qualifications and fitness of school bus drivers; and  (C) A successfully completed standard bus driver training and preservice behind-the-wheel training program as prescribed by the division.      (b) Upon successful completion and documentation of training listed in subdivision (a)(2)(C) of this section, a certificate, valid for one (1) year, shall be issued by the division.  (c)  (1) A school bus driver shall not be employed as an operator of a school bus to transport children to and from school or school-sponsored activities unless he or she has satisfactorily completed the in-service training required in subsection (d) of this section and possesses a current valid certificate therefor.  (2) The certificate shall be required in addition to a commercial driver's license and any additional qualifications required by the school district board of directors.    (d) A school bus driver who seeks a renewal of his or her bus driver certificate shall provide proof that he or she has satisfactorily:  (1) Passed a physical examination given by a licensed physician or advanced practice nurse within the previous two (2) years; and  (2) Completed in-service training for school bus drivers as prescribed by the division.    (e) A school district board of directors may provide a substitute driver to operate a school bus on a temporary basis without a certificate until the next regularly scheduled school bus driver's examination is held in the locality if:  (1) A qualified school bus driver is not available to operate a school bus due to death, resignation, disability, illness, or other cause; and  (2) The school district board of directors is not able to obtain a qualified bus driver with a certificate.    (f) Extracurricular trips shall be made by certified drivers only.  (g) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 6-19-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-109. Bus drivers — Seat belts

 The driver or operator of a school bus shall wear a seat belt at all times while operating the school bus whenever the bus is so equipped.
AR Code § 6-19-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-111. Bus rules — Design and operation

 (a) The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall adopt and enforce rules to govern the design and operation of all school buses used for the transportation of school children when the buses are owned and operated by a school district or privately owned and operated under contract with a school district in this state.  (b) Such rules shall by reference be made a part of any contract with a school district.  (c) Every school district, its officers and employees, and every person employed under contract by a school district shall be subject to the rules.  (d) Any officer or employee of any school district who violates any of the rules or fails to include an obligation to comply with the rules in any contract executed by him or her on behalf of a school district shall be guilty of misconduct and subject to removal from office or employment.  (e) Any person operating a school bus under contract with a school district who fails to comply with any such rules shall be guilty of breach of contract, and the contract shall be cancelled after notice by the responsible officers of the school district.
AR Code § 6-19-112 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-112. Tax exemption for school vehicles

 (a) All motor vehicles owned and operated by public school districts in Arkansas and used exclusively for school purposes shall be exempt from taxation by the state, county, or municipality.  (b) This exemption is to include license tag fees and charges as well as property taxes.
AR Code § 6-19-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-113. Registration exemption for buses

 No school bus owned by a school district in this state shall be required to be registered under the motor vehicle registration laws of this state.
AR Code § 6-19-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-114. Purchase of buses

 (a) School buses purchased with loans from the Revolving Loan Fund must meet the prescribed minimum standards, laws, rules, and regulations for school buses and must be owned and operated by the district purchasing them.  (b)  (1) Except as provided under § 6-21-306(b), the purchase of school buses with loans from the fund shall be made upon competitive bids.  (2) Forms for bids shall be approved by the State Board of Education.  (3) The district shall advertise for bids by publication of notice in a newspaper having bona fide circulation in the county where the district is located, one (1) time a week for two (2) weeks, giving the date and place of opening bids.  (4) The first publication of notice shall be not less than thirty (30) days from the date set for opening bids and awarding of contracts.    (c)  (1) Any school district which shall desire that the state board purchase buses for that school district, instead of making the purchase as provided in this section, may apply to the state board to make the purchase for it.  (2) If the state board shall receive within a sixty-day period application for the purchase of ten (10) or more buses from one (1) or more districts, the purchase shall, collectively, be made by the state board as is provided in this section for advertising for and accepting bids by a school district, except that the advertisement for bids shall be in some newspaper having a statewide circulation.
AR Code § 6-19-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-115. Bus permit numbers

 (a)  (1) The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall establish a system of permit numbers to be used in identifying school buses owned or operated by or in behalf of school districts in this state.  (2) The system of permit numbers shall assign an identifying prefix number to each school district with provisions for consecutive numbers thereafter for buses of the district.    (b) Each school district in this state shall be notified of the permit number assigned the school district under this section and shall be furnished instructions for identifying all school buses owned or operated by or in behalf of the school district.  (c)  (1) The permit number assigned each school district and the school district name shall be painted in letters not less than six inches (6") high on both sides and on the rear of all school buses owned by the district or used in behalf of the district.  (2) Permit numbers shall be painted on the buses in compliance with the rules promulgated by the commission.    (d) No school district in this state shall operate a school bus nor shall any school bus be operated for or in behalf of a school district unless the school district name and permit number has been painted on the bus in compliance with this section.  (e) A school district failing to comply with this section shall be penalized by the withholding of all transportation aid due the district from the state until the school district is in compliance with this section.
AR Code § 6-19-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-116. Bus mirrors

 (a) Every school bus used for the transportation of pupils to or from school shall be equipped with one (1) or more mirrors of sufficient size so positioned on the bus as to permit the driver to see clearly the area immediately in front of the bus.  (b) The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation is authorized to adopt appropriate rules as it deems necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of this section.
AR Code § 6-19-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-117. School bus safety equipment — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “school bus” means:  (1) A motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is:  (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or  (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; and    (2) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is:  (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or  (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.      (b)  (1) Any new school bus whose function involves the loading or discharging of students as passengers shall be equipped with a flashing white strobe light in order to provide greater visibility to drivers in approaching vehicles.  (2) The strobe light shall be in addition to those flasher lights required under § 27-51-1002.    (c) Any new school bus whose function involves the loading or discharging of students as passengers on a regular route shall be equipped with an electric, air, or hydraulic-operated crossing gate in order to prevent a student from crossing in front of the bus in such a way that the school bus driver is unlikely to see him or her.  (d) On and after July 1, 1997, all other school buses shall be retrofitted with a flashing white strobe light and an electric, air, or hydraulic-operated crossing gate for purposes as described in this section.  (e) No later than July 1 of each year, the superintendent of each local school district shall certify to the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation that the district is in compliance with the provisions of this section.  (f) The Director of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall cause to be publicized the third week of October as School Bus Safety Week.  (g) If funding is provided as required in § 6-19-130(e), a school bus that is purchased new or leased and that is to be used in Arkansas on or after January 1, 2018, shall be equipped with a passenger restraint system as defined in § 6-19-130 in a number sufficient to allow each student who is being transported in the school bus to use a passenger restraint system.
AR Code § 6-19-119 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-119. School bus passengers required to be seated — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “school bus” means:  (1) A motor vehicle designed to carry ten (10) or more passengers that is:  (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; or  (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of students to or from school or school-sponsored activities; and    (2) A motor vehicle designed to carry more than twenty-five (25) passengers is exempt from this section if the motor vehicle is:  (A) Owned by a public or a governmental agency or a private school and operated for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities but not used to transport students on any scheduled school bus route; or  (B) Privately owned and operated for compensation under contract to a school district and used for the transportation of students to or from school-sponsored activities.      (b) A school bus driver shall not operate the school bus until every passenger is seated.  (c)  (1) The superintendent of each public school in this state is responsible for ensuring that no school bus is scheduled to transport more students than can be reasonably seated in the school bus.  (2) Any superintendent who knowingly violates subdivision (c)(1) of this section shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).
AR Code § 6-19-120 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-120. Operation of a school bus while using a cellular telephone — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Cellular telephone” means a wireless two-way communication device that requires the operator to dial numbers manually and that:  (A) Includes radio-telephone communications used in cellular telephone service, personal communication service, or the functional equivalent of a radio-telephone communications line used in cellular telephone service or a personal communication service; and  (B) Does not include a citizens band radio, a citizens band radio hybrid, or any device with push-to-talk capabilities used in a similar manner as a citizens band radio or a citizens band radio hybrid; and    (2) “School bus” means every motor vehicle owned by a public school district or operated under contract for a public school district and used for the transportation of children to or from school or school-sponsored activities.    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person shall not operate a school bus while using a cellular telephone.  (c) This section does not apply to the use of a cellular telephone:  (1) For the purpose of communicating with any of the following regarding an emergency situation:  (A) An emergency system response operator or 911 public safety communications dispatcher;  (B) A hospital or emergency room;  (C) A physician's office or health clinic;  (D) An ambulance or fire department rescue service;  (E) A fire department, fire protection district, or volunteer fire department; or  (F) A police department;    (2) To call for assistance if there is a mechanical breakdown or other mechanical problem impairing the operation of the bus; or  (3) When the school bus is parked.    (d) A person who violates this section is guilty of a violation and may be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250).  (e) Except as otherwise provided under law, a person operating a school bus may use a two-way radio communications device or any device used in a similar manner as a two-way radio communications device as a means of communicating with:  (1) Central dispatch; or  (2) The school transportation or its equivalent.
AR Code § 6-19-121 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-121. Approved buses

 After April 11, 2005, no public school in the state shall purchase nonconforming vans, as defined by the federal motor vehicle safety standards in existence on January 1, 2005, to transport students to or from school or to any school-related activity.
AR Code § 6-19-122 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-122. Safe transportation of school children on buses and other vehicles

 The Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation or its successor shall undertake measures to provide for the safe, reliable, and efficient transportation of school children, including, but not limited to, the following:   (1) Develop and implement a comprehensive maintenance management program for all preventive and other repair or replacement maintenance activities performed, including operating and maintenance documentation, on all public school buses; and  (2) Ensure that the uniform comprehensive maintenance management program is adopted and followed by all school districts.
AR Code § 6-19-125 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-125. Safety equipment grant pilot program — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Electronic warning device” means a nine-inch by twenty-four-inch (9" x 24") electronic driver alert sign that uses a light-emitting diode (LED) screen and is to be mounted between the two (2) windows of the rear emergency exit door on a Type C bus or immediately below the rear emergency exit window on a Type D bus;  (2) “High incident route” means a school bus route that has been identified by the school district or the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation as having a history of repeated and verified incidents of operators of motor vehicles illegally passing the school bus during the loading or unloading of passengers on the school bus route in violation of § 27-51-1004; and  (3)  (A) “Video recording device” means a device that includes at least one (1) video camera and a data recording device that is installed on a school bus to capture video or digital images of a violation of § 27-51-1004.  (B) A video recording device that is issued under this section shall have specifications and features that allow it to capture video or digital images of at least two (2) of the following:  (i) The motor vehicle;  (ii) The operator of the motor vehicle; or  (iii) The license plate on the motor vehicle.        (b) The division shall create a school bus safety equipment grant pilot program, subject to the appropriation and availability of funding.  (c) The goal of the school bus safety equipment grant pilot program is to provide school districts with video recording devices or other electronic warning devices for school buses that travel on high incident routes.  (d)  (1) A school district may apply to the division for a grant for a video recording device or electronic warning device for the installation and use on the school district's school buses.  (2) The division shall award a grant of equipment to a school district to improve the safety of school bus transportation to the school district applicants that are most in need as determined by the following factors:  (A) The number of high incident routes;  (B) The number of school bus routes;  (C) The type of roads;  (D) The number of students transported on school buses; and  (E) The size of the school district.      (e) The grant of equipment shall be the video recording device or electronic warning device purchased by the division and does not include installation costs.  (f) The school district shall certify to the division within forty-five (45) days after receiving the equipment that the equipment was installed according to the division's specifications on a school bus that travels on a high incident route.  (g) The division may promulgate rules for the implementation and administration of this section.
AR Code § 6-19-126 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-126. Notice on school buses

 (a) If a school bus is not equipped with an electronic warning device as defined under § 6-19-125, a school district may have printed or otherwise displayed on the exterior of a school bus between the two (2) windows of the rear emergency exit door on a Type C bus or immediately below the rear emergency exit window on a Type D bus the following notification:  (b) A school bus that is purchased on or after January 1, 2011, shall be equipped with either:  (1) A notice printed or otherwise displayed as provided under subsection (a) of this section; or  (2) An electronic warning device as defined under § 6-19-125.      “ARKANSAS LAW: STOP WHEN RED LIGHTS ARE FLASHING”.
AR Code § 6-19-127 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-127. Parental monitors on school buses

 (a) The purpose of this section is to protect children from abusive behavior while riding a school bus.  (b) A school district board of directors may create and implement a program to authorize a parent of a child enrolled in the school district to act as a monitor in a school bus.  (c) The Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation shall adopt rules to implement this section.  (d) A parental monitor under this section is a qualified volunteer under the Arkansas Volunteer Immunity Act, § 16-6-101 et seq.
AR Code § 6-19-129 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 6 - Education|Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally|Chapter 19 - Transportation|§ 6-19-129. Advertising on school buses

 (a) A school district board of directors may elect to allow advertising that meets the requirements established by the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation on school buses.  (b) Any revenue generated from advertisements on school buses shall be used for school transportation purposes only, as determined by the school district board of directors.  (c) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.