Virginia Administrative Code › Title 8 - EDUCATION › Agency 20 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Chapter 70 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING PUPIL TRANSPORTATION › Part I - Definitions › Section 8VAC20-70-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Classroom instruction" means training provided by a
					 qualified driver instructor through lectures, demonstrations, audio-visual
					 presentations, computer-based instruction, driving simulation devices, or
					 similar means. Instruction occurring outside a classroom is included if it does
					 not involve actual operation of a school bus and its components by the
					 student.
"Color-black" means federal standard No. 595, black.
"Color-yellow" means national school bus yellow School Bus
					 Manufacturers Technical Council (SBMTC) color standard 008.
"Multifunction School Activity Bus (MFSAB)" means a school
					 bus whose purposes do not include transporting students to and from home or
					 school bus stops as defined in
					 49 CFR
					 571.3. This subcategory of school bus meets
					 all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for school buses and meets
					 all regulations for school buses, except the traffic control devices, color,
					 use of cruise control, and seating requirements.
"Nonconforming bus" means any vehicle designed to carry
					 more than 10 passengers that is used to transport children to or from school or
					 school-related activities that does not meet the federal standards, 49 CFR Part
					 571, specific to school buses or multifunction school activity buses. These
					 vehicles are not approved for transporting students to and from school or
					 school-related activities.
"School bus" means any motor vehicle other than a station
					 wagon, automobile, truck, or commercial bus that is (i) designed and used
					 primarily for the transportation of pupils to and from public, private, or
					 religious schools, or for the transportation of pupils who are physically
					 handicapped to and from a sheltered workshop; (ii) painted yellow with the
					 words "School Bus" in black letters of a specified size on the front and rear;
					 and (iii) equipped with warning devices prescribed in § 46.2-1090 of the
					 Code of Virginia. A yellow school bus may have a white roof provided such
					 vehicle is painted in accordance with regulations and specifications of the
					 Department of Education.
"Specially equipped bus" means a school bus designed,
					 equipped, or modified to accommodate students with special needs.
"Type A school bus" means a conversion bus constructed
					 utilizing a cutaway front-section vehicle with a left side driver's door. This
					 definition includes two classifications. Type A1, with a Gross Vehicle Weight
					 Rating (GVWR) of 14,500 pounds or less; and Type A2, with a GVWR greater than
					 14,500 pounds, but less than or equal to 21,500 pounds.
"Type B school bus" means a bus constructed utilizing a
					 stripped chassis. The entrance door is behind the front wheels. This definition
					 includes two classifications: Type B1, with a GVWR of 10,000 pounds or less;
					 and Type B2, with a GVWR greater than 10,000 pounds.
"Type C (Conventional) school bus" means a body installed
					 upon a flat-back cowl chassis with a hood and fenders. This definition shall
					 include two classifications: Type C1, with a GVWR range of 17,500 pounds with a
					 design seating capacity range from 16 to 30 persons; and Type C2 with a GVWR of
					 more than 21,500 pounds designed for carrying more than 30 persons. The engine
					 is in front of the windshield and the entrance door is behind the front wheels.
					 Both Type C1 and Type C2 must be equipped with dual rear tires.
"Type D school bus" means a bus with a body constructed
					 utilizing a stripped chassis. The entrance door is ahead of the front wheels.
					 This bus is also known as a rear engine or front engine transit style school
					 bus.
"Vehicle" means any vehicle owned or operated by, or owned
					 or operated by any person under contract by, a county, city, town, or school
					 board in which any school pupils or personnel are transported at public expense
					 from any public school or public school activity.
Statutory Authority
§§ 22.1-16, 22.1-176, and 22.1-177 of the Code
						of Virginia.