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Education Code

Schoolbus Regulations

39831.  The State Board of Education shall adopt reasonable regulations relating to the use of schoolbuses by school districts and others. Such regulations shall not include the safe operation of schoolbuses which regulations shall be adopted instead by the Department of the California Highway Patrol pursuant to Section 34500 of the Vehicle Code.

The Department of the California Highway Patrol shall adopt regulations relating to the safe operation of schoolbuses which shall include requiring school district governing boards to include in their schoolbus driver training program, the proper actions to be taken in the event that a schoolbus is hijacked.

(Amended Ch. 147, Stats. 1980. Effective January 1, 1981.)