72-64,100. Transportation of pupils; use of school bus required; when. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), any school district or nonpublic school transporting students in a vehicle designed for transporting more than 10 passengers in addition to the driver, shall transport such students in a school bus, as defined in subsection (g) of K.S.A. […]
72-64,101. Transportation of certain pupils from U.S.D. 207 to U.S.D. 453. (a) The board of education of Fort Leavenworth, U.S.D. No. 207 may provide transportation for any pupil in grades 10 through 12 who resides on Fort Leavenworth military reservation, but who is enrolled in and attends high school in Leavenworth, U.S.D. No. 453. (b) […]
72-64,102. Design and operation of school buses; powers, duties and functions of state board; custody of records; rules and regulations. (a) For the purpose of regulating the design and operation of school buses, whenever the secretary of transportation, or words of like effect, is referred to or designated by a statute, contract or other document, […]
72-64,103. School bus safety fund. There is hereby created the school bus safety fund in the state treasury which shall be administered by the state board of education. All expenditures from the school bus safety fund shall be for the purpose of regulating the design and operation of school buses. All expenditures from the school […]
72-6486. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) “Board” or “board of education” means the board of education of any school district. (b) “School district” means any unified school district organized and operating under the laws of this state. (c) The words “provide or furnish transportation” in addition to their ordinary meaning shall mean and […]
72-6487. Transportation of students; authorization to provide or furnish; required, when; suspension or revocation of privilege or entitlement; fees, authorization to prescribe and collect, limitations, disposition. (a) The board of education of a school district may provide or furnish transportation for students who are enrolled in the school district to or from any school of […]
72-6488. Transportation routes; regular school route. (a) The board of education of a school district may prescribe the regular school routes on which transportation of its pupils is to be provided, and shall schedule the school bus and motor vehicle routes so that each pupil entitled to transportation will be transported to and from school […]
72-6489. Contracts for transportation of certain students; mileage rates. In those cases where it is impracticable to reach a student’s residence by the prescribed transportation route, and where such residence is more than one mile by road from the prescribed route; and in those cases where it is impracticable to schedule a school bus for […]
72-6490. Transportation for activities; rules and regulations for school bus operation. The board of education of any school district or the board of trustees of any community junior college, which school district or community junior college is: (a) Participating in or cooperating in any vocational education course or program; (b) engaged in field trips in […]
72-6491. Transportation of nonpublic school pupils. (a) Whenever any school district shall provide or furnish transportation under authority of this act for pupils attending the public schools, pupils residing in such school district attending private or parochial schools of elementary or high school grades which are accredited by the state board of education, who shall […]
72-6492. Interschool district contracts for transportation. Every board of education may contract with any other board of education for transportation of students, if such contracts are consistent with K.S.A. 72-6487. Any board of education of a school district contracting to transport students of any other school district may transport such students and shall have all […]
72-6493. Compliance with uniform act regulating traffic on highways; additional regulation. All school buses, as defined in subsection (g)(1) of K.S.A. 72-6486, and amendments thereto, shall conform to the requirements of, and be operated in accordance with, the uniform act regulating traffic on highways. All school buses as defined in subsection (g) of K.S.A. 72-6486, […]
72-6494. Transportation of nonresident students; when authorized; conditions; limitations. (a) The board of education of a school district shall not furnish or provide transportation for students who reside in another school district except in accordance with the written consent of the board of education of the school district in which such student resides, or in […]
72-6495. Severability. If any clause, paragraph, subsection or section of this act shall be held invalid or unconstitutional, it shall be conclusively presumed that the legislature would have enacted the remainder of this act without such invalid or unconstitutional clause, paragraph, subsection or section. History: L. 1968, ch. 401, § 13; July 1.
72-6496. Used school buses; purchaser’s duty to modify; exceptions. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation who purchases a motor vehicle, which was operated by the seller thereof as a school bus, as defined in K.S.A. 8-1461, and any amendments thereto, is hereby required to repaint […]
72-6497. Same; penalty for violations. Any individual, firm, partnership, association or corporation who operates such motor vehicle in violation of the requirements of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100), or confined in the county jail for not more than […]
72-6498. School bus use for purposes other than student transportation; policy for provision authorized. (a) Any board of education, pursuant to a policy developed and adopted by it, may provide for the use of district-owned or leased school buses when such buses are not being used for regularly required school purposes. The policy may provide […]
72-6499. School bus transportation for adult students; policy for provision authorized. (a) The board of education of any school district, pursuant to a policy developed and adopted by the board, may provide that whenever the school district furnishes school bus transportation for pupils of the school district to or from attendance at class in an […]
