Minnesota § 123B.91 SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

Minnesota Statutes

§ 123B.91 — SCHOOL DISTRICT BUS SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

Minnesota § 123B.91

PartEDUCATION CODE: PREKINDERGARTEN - GRADE 12

Ch. 123BSCHOOL DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES

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Minn. Stat. § 123B.91 (2026).

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Subdivision 1.Comprehensive policy. Each district shall develop and implement a comprehensive, written policy governing pupil transportation safety, including transportation of nonpublic school students, when applicable. The policy, at minimum, must contain:

(1)provisions for appropriate student bus safety training under section123B.90;

(2)rules governing student conduct on school buses and in school bus loading and unloading areas;

(3)a statement of parent or guardian responsibilities relating to school bus safety;

(4)an intradistrict system for reporting school bus accidents or misconduct and a system for dealing with local law enforcement officials in cases of criminal conduct on a school bus;

(5)a discipline policy to address violations of school bus safety rules, including proce

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Subdivision 1.Comprehensive policy.
Each district shall develop and implement a comprehensive, written policy governing pupil transportation safety, including transportation of nonpublic school students, when applicable. The policy, at minimum, must contain:
(1) provisions for appropriate student bus safety training under section123B.90;
(2) rules governing student conduct on school buses and in school bus loading and unloading areas;
(3) a statement of parent or guardian responsibilities relating to school bus safety;
(4) an intradistrict system for reporting school bus accidents or misconduct and a system for dealing with local law enforcement officials in cases of criminal conduct on a school bus;
(5) a discipline policy to address violations of school bus safety rules, including procedures for revoking a student's bus riding privileges in cases of serious or repeated misconduct;
(6) a system for integrating school bus misconduct records with other discipline records;
(7) where applicable, provisions governing bus monitor qualifications, training, and duties;
(8) rules governing the use and maintenance of type III vehicles, drivers of type III vehicles, qualifications to drive a type III vehicle, qualifications for a type III vehicle, and the circumstances under which a student may be transported in a type III vehicle;
(9) operating rules and procedures;
(10) emergency procedures;
(11) a system for maintaining and inspecting equipment; and
(12) any other requirements of the school district.

Subd. 1a.Compliance by nonpublic and charter school students.
A nonpublic or charter school student transported by a public school district shall comply with student bus conduct and student bus discipline policies of the transporting public school district.

Subd. 2.School transportation safety director.
Each board shall designate a school transportation safety director to oversee and implement pupil transportation safety policies. The director shall have day-to-day responsibility for pupil transportation safety within the district, including transportation of nonpublic school children when provided by the district.

Legislative History

1994 c 647 art 12 s 14;1Sp1995 c 3 art 2 s 8,9; art 16 s 13;1998 c 397 art 7 s 9,164; art 11 s 3;1998 c 398 art 6 s 21;1999 c 241 art 9 s 24;2000 c 489 art 6 s 15;1Sp2003 c 9 art 1 s 8;2006 c 263 art 2 s 10