Code of Maine Rules
05 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
071 - EDUCATION - GENERAL
Chapter 81 - SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY
- Section 071-81-1 - Purpose
- Section 071-81-2 - Definitions
- Section 071-81-3 - Minimum Training Requirements for Student Riding Safety Practices
- Section 071-81-4 - Minimum Training Requirements for Transportation Employee In-Service Safety Practices
- Section 071-81-5 - Minimum Training Requirements for Entry-Level School Bus Drivers
- Section 071-81-6 - Prohibitions for School Transportation
- Section 071-81-7 - Daily Inspections for School Bus Safety
- Section 071-81-8 - Contracts for School Transportation Services
- Section 071-81-9 - Year-end Transportation Report Requirements
- Section 071-81-10 - Records Retention Requirements
Summary: These regulations establish uniform safetyrequirements that include: student riding safety practices training, transportation employee in-service safety training, entry-level school bus driver training, prohibitions, school bus daily inspections, contracts, year-end transportation reports, and records retention.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
July l, 1974 (filed October 24, 1978 under the title "Uniform School Bus Standards for Pupil Transportation in Maine") - filing 78-277
AMENDED:
July 1, 1979 (filed November 5, 1979) - filing 79-517
March 8, 1982 - filing 82-41
October 15, 1984 Section 1- filing 84-348
December 29, 1988 Section 2- filing 88-460
November 21, 1989 - filing 89-499
EFFECTIVE DATE (ELECTRONIC CONVERSION):
May 19, 1996
REPEALED AND REPLACED:
9/16/2017(filed September 11, 2017 under the title "School Transportation Safety") filing 2017- 139
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 29-A M.R.S. §2311 and 20-A M.R.S. §5401(17)
