PART 23.5. TRANSPORTATION [39800. - 40090.5.]
Part 23.5 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 646, Sec. 14.
§§ 39800–40090.5 · 58 sections
CHAPTER 1. Transportation Services §§ 39800–39882 · 43 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 39800–39809.5 · 14 sections
- § 39800 (a) The governing board of any school district may provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school whenever in the judgment of the board the…
- § 39800.1 (a) As a condition of receiving apportionments under Section 41850.1, a local educational agency shall develop a plan describing the transportation services it…
- § 39800.5 (a) Any school district and any owner or operator of a private school that provides transportation for pupils that owns, leases, or otherwise has possession or…
- § 39801 The governing board of any school district may contract with the county superintendent of schools to provide necessary transportation services. The county…
- § 39801.5 (a) The governing board of any school district may contract for the transportation of matriculated or enrolled adults, or provide transportation to adults in…
- § 39802 In order to procure the service at the lowest possible figure consistent with proper and satisfactory service, the governing board shall, whenever an…
- § 39803 (a) If a continuing contract for the furnishing of transportation of pupils in school districts to and from school is made it shall be made for a term not to…
- § 39803.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 39803 or any other law, this section shall apply to the furnishing of transportation of pupils in local educational agencies to and…
- § 39805 In bidding on contracts to be made pursuant to Section 39803, bidders may include in their bids abstractions of their quotations indicating the pricing…
- § 39806 In lieu of providing in whole or in part for the transportation of a pupil attending the schools of a district, the governing board may pay to the parents or…
- § 39807 In lieu of furnishing transportation to pupils attending the schools of a school district, the governing board may pay to the parents or guardian of each pupil…
- § 39807.5 (a) When a local educational agency provides for the transportation of pupils to and from schools, including the governing board of a school district pursuant…
- § 39808 (a) The governing board of any school district may allow a pupil entitled to attend the school of the district, but who, under Section 48222, attends a school…
- § 39809.5 (a) The sum of the state aid received and the parent fees collected in a fiscal year may not exceed actual operating cost of home-to-school transportation in…
ARTICLE 2. State Reimbursement § 39820 · 1 section
- § 39820 Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district may provide for the transportation to and from public school of pupils who have…
ARTICLE 3. Schoolbuses §§ 39830–39843 · 20 sections
- § 39830 A schoolbus is any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of a school pupil at or below the grade 12 level to or from a public or…
- § 39830.1 A “school pupil activity bus” means any motor vehicle, other than a schoolbus, operated by a common carrier, or by and under the exclusive jurisdiction of a…
- § 39831 (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt reasonable regulations relating to the use of schoolbuses by school districts and others. The regulations may not…
- § 39831.1 The state board shall adopt regulations to require a passenger in a schoolbus equipped with passenger restraint systems in accordance with Section 27316 of the…
- § 39831.2 The state board shall adopt regulations to require a passenger in a school pupil activity bus equipped with passenger restraint systems in accordance with…
- § 39831.3 (a) The county superintendent of schools, the superintendent of a school district, a charter school, or the owner or operator of a private school that provides…
- § 39831.5 (a) All pupils in prekindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, in public or private school who are transported in a schoolbus or school pupil…
- § 39832 The name or names of the particular school or schools to which a schoolbus conveys pupils may be painted on the side of the bus, in the manner prescribed by…
- § 39833 Any officer, agent, or employee of a school district, or any other person knowingly operating, or permitting or directing the operation of a schoolbus in…
- § 39834 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any officer, agent, or employee of a school district, office of the county superintendent of schools, or joint…
- § 39835 (a) The governing board of any school district may use schoolbuses to transport persons for purposes of community recreation as provided in Chapter 10…
- § 39836 During any national emergency declared by the President of the United States of America or during any war in which the United States of America is engaged, the…
- § 39837 The governing board of any school district may use and operate any bus owned or under lease to the district for the transportation of pupils to and from their…
- § 39837.5 The governing board of a school district may provide for the transportation on schoolbuses of employees of the school district, parents of pupils of the school…
- § 39838 (a) Each schoolbus shall be equipped with one or more fire extinguishers bearing the approval of the laboratories of the National Board of Fire Underwriters,…
- § 39839 Guide dogs, signal dogs, and service dogs trained to provide assistance to individuals with a disability may be transported in a schoolbus when accompanied by…
- § 39840 The governing board of any school district may enter into a contract under the terms of which the school district grants the use of any schoolbus that is owned…
- § 39841 The following requirements shall be included in any agreement entered into between a school district and a publicly owned transit system under which the school…
- § 39842 (a) Any person who enters a schoolbus or school pupil activity bus without prior authorization of the driver or other school official with intent to commit any…
- § 39843 (a) The county superintendent of schools, the superintendent of a school district, a charter school, or the owner or operator of a private school that provides…
ARTICLE 4. Special Services § 39860 · 1 section
- § 39860 (a) The governing board of a school district may contract for the transportation of pupils attending schools within the district to and from any exposition or…
ARTICLE 5. Compensated Driver Requirements §§ 39875–39882 · 7 sections
- § 39875 (a) Except as provided pursuant to subdivisions (b) to (g), inclusive, this article shall apply to all drivers employed by a local educational agency,…
- § 39877 (a) A driver who provides transportation services for pupils in a vehicle with a maximum capacity of 10 or fewer persons, including the driver, shall: (1) Hold…
- § 39878 A driver who provides transportation services for pupils in a vehicle with a capacity of more than 10 persons, including the driver, shall: (a) Hold a valid…
- § 39879 (a) Any local educational agency contracting with a private entity to provide pupil transportation shall obtain from the private entity a written attestation…
- § 39880 (a) To the extent that the requirements of this article conflict with a contract entered into between a local educational agency and a private entity before…
- § 39881 As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicable law” means applicable California laws within the Labor and Workforce Development…
- § 39882 (a) Except as provided pursuant to subdivision (b), this article shall become operative on July 1, 2025. (b) Section 39880 shall become operative on January 1,…
CHAPTER 2. Farm Labor Driver Training Course § 40070 · 1 section
- § 40070 (a) The State Department of Education shall develop or approve a course for the training of schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, and farm labor vehicle…
CHAPTER 3. Specialized Vehicle Driver Training Courses §§ 40080–40090.5 · 14 sections
- § 40080 (a) This article governs the minimum training required for drivers to obtain or renew a certificate described in Section 12517, 12519, or 12804.6 of the…
- § 40081 (a) The department shall develop or approve courses for training school pupil activity bus (SPAB), transit bus, schoolbus, and farm labor vehicle drivers that…
- § 40082 (a) An original applicant for a certificate to drive a schoolbus, as defined by Section 545 of the Vehicle Code, shall have successfully completed a minimum…
- § 40083 An original applicant for a certificate to drive any bus defined by Section 546 or 642 of the Vehicle Code shall have successfully completed a minimum 35-hour…
- § 40084 An original applicant for a certificate to drive a farm labor vehicle shall have successfully completed a minimum 20-hour course of instruction. The course…
- § 40084.5 (a) All behind-the-wheel training required to obtain certificates pursuant to Sections 12517 and 12519 of the Vehicle Code shall be performed by a…
- § 40085 Applicants seeking to renew a certificate to drive a schoolbus as defined in Section 545 of the Vehicle Code or a school pupil activity bus as defined in…
- § 40085.5 Applicants seeking to renew a certificate to drive a transit bus as defined in Section 642 of the Vehicle Code shall have successfully completed at least eight…
- § 40086 Applicants seeking to renew a certificate to drive a farm labor vehicle shall have successfully completed two hours of classroom instruction for each 12 months…
- § 40087 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), driver training required by this chapter shall be properly documented on the State Department of Education Training…
- § 40088 (a) An applicant for a school pupil activity bus (SPAB), transit bus, schoolbus, or farm labor vehicle driver instructor certificate shall successfully…
- § 40089 (a) A school pupil activity bus (SPAB), transit bus, schoolbus, or farm labor vehicle driver instructor with no instructional limitations shall conduct at…
- § 40090 The department may assess fees to any instructor applicant who will be training drivers of any vehicle as defined in Section 322, 545, 546, or 642 of the…
- § 40090.5 Employers shall take all action necessary to make available to every transit busdriver required to be trained pursuant to Section 40083 or 40085.5 the…