Oregon Department of Education
Chapter 581
Division 53
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER TRAINING, LICENSING, AND SCHOOL BUS STANDARDS
581-053-0210
Administrative Requirements Pertaining to School Buses
(1) Each school board shall adopt and implement a written transportation policy regarding student conduct and discipline that conforms to ORS 339.250 Duty of student to comply with rules; discipline, suspension, expulsion, removal and counseling; written information on alternative programs required, ORS 343.533 Transportation service to preschool children with disabilities, OAR 581-021-0065 Suspension, 581-021-0070 Expulsion, 581-015-2400–581-015-2445 Special Education: Discipline, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 USC 1400 et seq.
(2) Safety instruction:
(a) All regularly transported pupils shall receive the following instruction at least once within the first six weeks of the first half of each school year and once within the first six weeks of the second half of each school year:
(A) Safe school bus riding procedures, including but not limited to loading, unloading and crossing;
(B) Use of emergency exits; and
(C) Planned and orderly evacuation of the school bus in case of emergency, including participation in actual evacuation drills.
(b) All pupils who are not regularly transported shall receive the following instruction at least once in the first half of each school year:
(A) Safe school bus riding procedures, including but not limited to loading, unloading and crossing; and
(B) Use of emergency exits.
(c) Records listing safety instruction course content and dates of training shall be maintained locally.
(3) Transportation entities or contractors selling a used school bus shall be responsible for removing all markings that would identify it as a school bus, including the bus safety lights and school bus stop arm. If the school bus is sold for the purpose of:
(a) Transporting school children to and from a school, the school bus identifying markings, bus safety lights, and school bus stop arm need not be removed; or
(b) Transporting workers, the bus safety lights need not be removed.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 327.013 & 820.100 - 820.120
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 327.013, 820.100, 820.105, 820.110 & 820.120
History:
ODE 19-2012, f. & cert. ef. 6-14-12