115C-239. Authority of local boards of education. Each local board of education is hereby authorized to acquire, own, lease, contract and operate school buses for the transportation of pupils enrolled in the public schools of such local school administrative unit, and of persons employed in the operation of such schools in accordance with rules and […]
115C-240. Authority and duties of State Board of Education. (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations for the operation of a public school transportation system. (b) The State Board of Education shall be under no duty to supply transportation to any pupil or employee enrolled or employed in any school. Neither […]
115C-241. Assignment of school buses to schools. The superintendent of the schools of each local school administrative unit which shall elect to operate a school bus transportation system, shall, prior to the commencement of each regular school year and subject to the approval of the local board of education, allocate and assign to the respective […]
115C-242. Use and operation of school buses. Public school buses may be used for the following purposes only, and it shall be the duty of the superintendent of the school of each local school administrative unit to supervise the use of all school buses operated by such local school administrative unit so as to assure […]
115C-242.1. Installation and operation of automated school bus safety camera. (a) Definition. – An "automated school bus safety camera" is a device that is affixed to a school bus, as that term is used in G.S. 20-217, that is synchronized to automatically record photographs or video of a vehicle at the time the vehicle is […]
115C-243. Use of school buses by senior citizen groups. (a) Any local board of education may enter into agreements with the governing body of any county, city, or town, or with any State agency, or any agency established or identified pursuant to Public Law 89-73, Older Americans Act of 1965, to provide for the use […]
115C-244. Assignment of pupils to school buses. (a) The superintendent or superintendent’s designee shall assign the pupils and employees who may be transported to and from school upon the bus or buses assigned to each school and shall implement and enforce the plan developed under G.S. 115C-246. No pupil or employee shall be permitted to […]
115C-245. School bus drivers; monitors; safety assistants. (a) Each local board, which elects to operate a school bus transportation system, shall employ the necessary drivers for such school buses. The drivers shall have all qualifications prescribed by the regulations of the State Board of Education herein provided for and must be at least 18 years […]
115C-246. School bus routes. (a) The superintendent of the local school administrative unit shall, prior to the commencement of each regular school year, prepare a plan for a definite route, including stops for receiving and discharging pupils, for each school bus so as to assure the most efficient use of such bus and the safety […]
115C-247. Purchase of activity buses by local boards. The several local boards of education in the State are hereby authorized and empowered to take title to school buses purchased with local or community funds for the purpose of transporting pupils to and from athletic events and for other local school activity purposes, and commonly referred […]
115C-248. Inspection of school buses and activity buses; report of defects by drivers; discontinuing use until defects remedied. (a) The superintendent of each local school administrative unit, shall cause each school bus owned or operated by such local school administrative unit to be inspected at least once each 30 days during the school year for […]
115C-249. Purchase and maintenance of school buses, materials and supplies. (a) To the extent that the funds shall be made available to it for such purpose, a local board of education is authorized to purchase from time to time such additional school buses and service vehicles or replacements for school buses and service vehicles, as […]
115C-249.1. Purchase of tires for school buses; repair or refurbishment of tires for school buses. (a) Definitions. – The following terms apply in this section: (1) Critical tire information. – Tire brand name, tire line name, tire identification numbers, load and pressure markings, tire size designation, service descriptions such as load and speed ratings, and […]
115C-250. Authority to expend funds for transportation of children with disabilities. (a) The State Board of Education and local boards of education may expend public funds for transportation of children with disabilities who are unable because of their disability to ride the regular school buses and who have been placed in programs by a local […]
115C-251. Transportation supervisors. The State Board of Education shall from time to time adopt such rules and regulations with regard to the qualifications of persons employed by local boards of education as chief mechanic or supervisor of transportation as it shall deem necessary or desirable for the purpose of assuring the proper maintenance and safety […]
115C-252. Aid in lieu of transportation. (a) When, by reason of road conditions or otherwise, any local board of education, which shall elect to operate a school bus transportation system, shall find it impracticable to furnish to a pupil transportation by school bus to the school in which such pupil is enrolled, or to which […]
115C-253. Contracts for transportation. Any local board of education may, in lieu of the operation by it of public school buses, enter into a contract with any person, firm or corporation for the transportation by such person, firm or corporation of pupils enrolled in the public schools of such local school administrative unit for the […]
115C-254. Use of school buses by State defense militia or North Carolina National Guard. When requested to do so by the Governor, the board of education of any local school administrative unit is authorized and directed to furnish a sufficient number of school buses to the North Carolina State Defense Militia or the North Carolina […]
115C-255. Liability insurance and waiver of immunity as to certain acts of bus drivers. The securing of liability insurance and the waiver of immunity as to certain torts of school bus drivers, school transportation service vehicle drivers and school activity bus drivers, is subject to the provisions of G.S. 115C-42, except when such vehicles are […]
115C-256. School bus drivers under Workers’ Compensation Act. Awards to school bus drivers under the Workers’ Compensation Act shall be made pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 115C-337(b). (1981, c. 423, s. 1.)
