§ 20-27-9-11 — Day care center and nonprofit agency; use of school bus

Indiana § 20-27-9-11

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 27: SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 9: Use of School Buses

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(a) As used in this section, "day care center"
means an institution operated primarily for the purpose of providing:
(1) care;
(2) maintenance; or
(3) supervision and instruction;
to children who are less than six (6) years of age and are separated
from their parent for more than four (4) hours but less than twenty-four
(24) hours a day for at least ten (10) consecutive workdays.
(b) A:
(1) day care center; or
(2) nonprofit agency with primary responsibility for the
habilitation or rehabilitation of persons with a developmental or
physical disability;
may own, operate, lease, or contract for a school bus that meets the
color, equipment, and other requirements of the committee.
(c) The school bus must be used only for the purpose of
transporting:
(1) persons in the care of the day care center or agency; and
(2) supervisors of those persons;
to and from educational, social, recreational, or occupational functions.
(d) If an entity described in subsection (b) acquires:
(1) a school bus; or
(2) the use of a school bus;
authorized under subsection (b), each driver of the school bus
authorized by the entity must comply with the requirements imposed
upon persons transporting students under IC 20-27-8 in order to be
certified by the department as a school bus driver.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-5-6.5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.99-2007, SEC.173.