Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 92 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE MINIMUM EQUIPMENT STANDARDS AND SAFETY INSPECTION CRITERIA FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES › Section 92-92-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01
Activity Bus
means a motor vehicle with motive power, except a trailer, designed or modified
				by the manufacturer, distributor or dealer for carrying eleven (11) or more
				passengers, excluding the driver, meeting or exceeding this Chapter (except as
				provided in to subsection 003.02 of this Chapter) which at any time would be
				used to carry school children and school personnel exclusively on a school
				activity trip from a given location to a second location without stopping to
				load or unload children or control traffic on public highways, provided that
				such transportation service is sponsored and approved by the local school
				governing board. This includes Multi-Function School Activity Bus as defined in
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				CFR 571.3 and does not preclude the use of a
				school bus as an activity bus.
002.02
Activity Trip
means the transportation of children, pupils and school personnel to and from a
				given location to a second or subsequent location or locations without stopping
				to load or unload the passengers on the public highways for the purpose of
				transporting the passengers to any activity or event sanctioned, authorized or
				sponsored by the school district or the local school's governing
				board.
002.03
Motor
				Coach Bus
means a vehicle not designed primarily for the
				transportation of school children to and from school and school related
				activities, but as a commercial motor vehicle as a part of the operation of a
				common or contract carrier, as those terms are defined in Section
				75-302
				R.R.S., with a Gross Vehicle Weight of greater than 33,000 lbs., with a
				semi-monocoque/monocoque unitized body construction and which has high back
				seats, under-the-floor storage, and is designed to seat at least 32 passengers.
				For purposes of this Section, monocoque means a design where the skin or shell
				of the vehicle acts as a single unit with the supporting frame and
				semi-monocoque means a design where the skin or shell of the vehicle acts, to
				some extent, as a single unit with the supporting frame. Such buses are also
				commonly known as "over-the-road coaches."
002.04
Federal Motor Vehicles
				Safety Standards (FMVSS)
means the construction standards
				developed and enforced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
				(NHTSA) that apply to all new motor vehicles and items of motor vehicle safety
				equipment must conform with 49 CFR Part 571.
002.05
Route
means a
				designated course regularly traveled by a pupil transportation vehicle to pick
				up students from home or pickup points and take them to school or other
				location related to a student's instructional program or to deliver students
				from school to their homes or designated drop-off points.
002.06
School Bus
means a motor vehicle with motive power, except a trailer, designed or modified
				by the manufacturer, distributor or dealer for carrying eleven (11) or more
				passengers, excluding the driver, meeting or exceeding the requirements of this
				Chapter which at any time is used to carry school children and school personnel
				exclusively that is sponsored and approved by the local school governing board.
				School bus includes an Activity Bus (as defined in this Chapter) and
				Multi-Function School Activity Bus (MFSAB) as defined in
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				CFR 571.3 except where otherwise provided in
				this Chapter (see subsection 003.02). Vehicles that only carry school children
				along with other passengers as a part of the operation of a common carrier
				under the jurisdiction of United States Department of Transportation, Nebraska
				Public Service Commission, Nebraska State Patrol Carrier Enforcement, or the
				Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles Division of Motor Carrier Services are
				not included within the definition of school bus.
002.06A Type A School/Activity Bus is a
				conversion or body constructed upon a van-type compact truck or a front-section
				vehicle with a left side driver's door and designed for carrying more than ten
				(10) persons. This definition includes Type A-1, with a Gross Vehicle Weight
				Rating (GVWR) of 14,500 pounds or less and Type A-2, with a GVWR of greater
				than 14,500 pounds and less than or equal to 21,500 pounds.
002.06B Type B School/Activity Bus is a
				conversion or body constructed and installed upon a van or front-section
				vehicle chassis, or stripped chassis. This definition includes Type B-1, with a
				GVWR of less than 10,000 pounds and Type B-2 with a GVWR of more than 10,000
				pounds. This vehicle is designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons. Part
				of the engine is beneath and/or behind the windshield and beside the driver's
				seat. The entrance door is behind the front wheels.
002.06C Type C School/Activity Bus is a body
				installed upon a flat back cowl chassis with a GVWR of more than 21,500 pounds,
				and designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons. All of the engine is in
				front of the windshield and the entrance door is behind the front
				wheels.
002.06D Type D
				School/Activity Bus is a body installed upon a chassis with the engine mounted
				in the front, midship, or rear, with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than
				10,000 pounds, and designed for carrying more than ten (10) persons. The engine
				may be behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat, it may be at the
				rear of the bus, behind the rear wheels, or midship between the front and rear
				axles. The entrance door is ahead of the front wheels.