Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY › Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS › Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 61.1028 - Reporting of Bus Accidents

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Accident--Any accident as described by
				  the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 550, Subchapter B.
(2) School bus--In accordance with the Texas
				  Transportation Code, §
											541.201, a school bus is
				  a motor vehicle that was manufactured in compliance with the Federal Motor
				  Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for school buses in effect on the date of
				  manufacture and that is used to transport preprimary, primary, or secondary
				  students on a route to or from school or on a school-related activity trip
				  other than on routes to and from school. A school bus is a bus owned, leased,
				  contracted to, or operated by a school or school district that is regularly
				  used to transport students to and from school or school-related activities;
				  meets all applicable FMVSS; and is readily identified by alternately flashing
				  lights, national school bus yellow paint, and the legend "School Bus." The term
				  does not include a multifunction school activity bus, a school activity bus, or
				  a motor bus.
(3) Multifunction
				  school activity bus--In accordance with the Texas Transportation Code, §
											541.201, a multifunction
				  school activity bus is a subcategory of school bus. It must meet all FMVSS for
				  a school bus except having traffic control devices, including flashing lights
				  and stop arm, and it may not be painted in national school bus yellow. The
				  multifunction school activity bus cannot be used to transport students from
				  home to school or school to home or for any purpose other than school
				  activities.
(4) School activity
				  bus--In accordance with the Texas Transportation Code, §
											541.201, a school
				  activity bus is a bus designed to accommodate more than 15 passengers,
				  including the operator, that is owned, operated, rented, or leased by a school
				  district, county school, open-enrollment charter school, regional education
				  service center, or shared services arrangement and that is used to transport
				  public school students on a school-related activity trip, other than on routes
				  to and from school. The term does not include a chartered bus, a bus operated
				  by a mass transit authority, a school bus, or a multifunction school activity
				  bus.
(5) Motor bus--The term "motor
				  bus" does not include a vehicle that meets the definition of a school bus, a
				  multifunction school activity bus, or a school activity bus. A motor bus is:
(A) a commercial, motor transit-type vehicle
				  owned or leased by the school district or the school district's commercial
				  contractor that is designed to transport 16 or more passengers including the
				  driver on school activity trips; or
(B) a transit-type bus operated by a
				  mass/metropolitan transit authority when the school district contracts with the
				  authority in accordance with Texas Education Code, §
												34.008,
				  to transport students to and from school.