Section 16-27-1 State Board of Education to prescribe rules and regulations. The State Board of Education shall prescribe rules and regulations: (1) Requiring all local boards of education which provide transportation services for pupils going to and from public elementary and secondary schools of Alabama or in school-related activities, and the presidents of all state […]
Section 16-27-2 Transportation of community, junior and technical college, etc., students on public school buses. (a) A student attending a state community, junior and technical college, technical institute or trade school shall be entitled to receive transportation on a public school bus; provided, that no community, junior and technical college, technical institute and trade school […]
Section 16-27-3 Safety inspections by state school bus inspectors; reporting and remedying deficiencies; records and reports. (a) Safety inspections provided for in the rules hereinabove mentioned shall be made by authorized, qualified State Department of Education employees and shall be made at least once each year and more often when, in the judgment of the […]
Section 16-27-4 Licensing of drivers. Regulations made pursuant to an order of the board of education requiring and providing for special training and licensing of drivers of vehicles used to transport pupils to and from school shall require an applicant for a school bus driver’s license to be the holder of a currently valid regular […]
Section 16-27-4.1 Physical qualifications of school bus drivers. (a) A local board of education may not hire, employ, or enter into any agreement with any person for the purposes of operating a school bus transporting students to or from school or school related events, unless the person is physically qualified to drive a school bus. […]
Section 16-27-5 Monthly safety inspections. All local boards of education, all presidents of state community, junior and technical colleges and all directors of state technical institutes and trade schools which provide transportation services for pupils or students going to and from public elementary and secondary schools, community, junior and technical colleges or technical institutes and […]
Section 16-27-6 Seat belts. (a) No school bus shall be operated on a public street, highway or elsewhere unless it shall be equipped with a seat belt for the driver. (b) The driver of a school bus while transporting pupils on a public street or highway or elsewhere shall wear a properly fastened seat belt […]
Section 16-27-7 Vehicle liability insurance for employees required to transport pupils. (a) The State Board of Education, each governing board of Alabama’s public senior universities and each city and county board of education shall provide vehicle liability insurance for bus drivers or any other employee who is required to transport pupils. Said vehicle liability insurance […]
Section 16-27-8 School buses – Crossing control arm required. (a) No new school bus registered in this state and purchased after August 1, 2000, to transport public and nonpublic school students shall be operated or used as a school bus within this state unless the bus is equipped with a crossing control arm on the […]
