§ 20-27-5-5 — Driver furnishing body or chassis of school bus; transportation contract; benefits; transportation agreement with transportation network company; requirements

Indiana § 20-27-5-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 27: SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 5: Transportation Contracts

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(a) If a school bus driver is required to furnish
the school bus body or the school bus chassis, or both, the governing
body of the school corporation may enter into a transportation contract
with the school bus driver under IC 5-22.
(b) The transportation contract may include a provision allowing the
school bus driver to be eligible for the life and health insurance
benefits and other fringe benefits available to other school personnel.
(c) The governing body of a school corporation may enter into a
transportation agreement with a transportation network company (as
defined by IC 8-2.1-17-18) to transport students of the school
corporation if the school corporation conducts an expanded criminal
history check and expanded child protection index check as provided
under IC 20-26-5-10 of every TNC driver (as defined by IC 8-2.1-17-19) who will transport students of the school corporation.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-2-4.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.233-2015, SEC.185; P.L.216-2021, SEC.18.