Current through February 27, 2024
The following handbooks are adopted by reference as the minimum
standards for school buses in the state:
(1) for school buses manufactured on or after
September 11, 1994, but before January 1, 2002
(A) National Standards for School Buses,
found on pages 1 - 31 of the 1990 National Standards for School Buses and
Operations, published by the National Safety Council, 444 North Michigan
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611; and
(B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School
Buses, 1994 Revised Edition, published by the department;
(2) for school buses manufactured on or after
January 1, 2002, but before January 1, 2007,
(A) National Specifications for School Buses,
found on pages 1 - 71 of the National School Transportation Specifications
& Procedures, 2000 Revised Edition, published by Missouri Safety Center,
Central Missouri State University, Humphreys Suite 201, Warrensburg, Missouri
64093; and
(B) Minimum Standards
for Alaska School Buses, 2001 Revised Edition, published by the
department;
(3) for
school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, but before January 1,
2012,
(A) National Specifications for School
Buses, found on pages 1 - 81 of the National School Transportation
Specifications & Procedures, May 2005 Revised Edition, published by
Missouri Safety Center, Central Missouri State University, Humphreys Suite 201,
Warrensburg, Missouri 64093; and
(B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School
Buses, 2006 Revised Edition, published by the department;
(4) for school buses manufactured on or after
January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2018,
(A) National Specifications for School Buses,
found on pages 1 - 70 of the National School Transportation Specifications
& Procedures, May 2010 Revised Edition, published by Missouri Safety
Center, Central Missouri State University, Humphreys Suite 201, Warrensburg,
Missouri 64093; and
(B) Minimum
Standards for Alaska School Buses, 2011 Revised Edition, published by the
department;
(5) for
school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2018,
(A) National Specifications for School Buses
found on pages 13 - 81 of the National School Transportation Specification and
Procedures, May 2015 Revised Edition, published by the National Association of
State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS) 5307 Indi o Wa
Middleton WI 53562; and
(B) Minimum
Standards for Alaska School Buses, 2017 Revised Edition, published by the
department.
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The above publications are available from the Department of
Education and Early Development, 801 W. 10th St., Suite 200, P.O. Box 110500,
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney
made technical revisions under
AS
44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
the name change of the Department of Education to the Department of Education
and Early Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999, and the corresponding title
change of the commissioner of
education.
Authority:AS
14.07.020
AS
14.07.030
AS
14.07.060
AS
14.07.070
AS
14.09.010
