Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1340 - Safety and Homeland Security
Subtitle 1340-03 - Highway Patrol Division
Chapter 1340-03-03 - Rules and Regulations For School Bus Inspection Procedures
Section 1340-03-03-.07 - SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND TRAINING
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 1340-03-03-.07
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) Driver Training Programs
(a) All drivers having a Commercial
Driver's License (CDL) with the school bus endorsement for the privileges to
operate a school bus will be required on an annual basis to attend and
satisfactorily complete all state sponsored training programs pursuant to
T.C.A. §
49-6-2102 to keep the endorsement
class license. Training exemptions may be granted upon determination that a
school bus driver already meets or exceeds minimum safety training requirements
as established by the Department.
(b) State offered training shall be delivered
through a medium to be determined by the pupil transportation division within
the Department.
(c) Any downgrade
licensing action against a school bus operator for failing to meet minimum
training requirements to maintain a school bus endorsement on their CDL shall
be preceded by notification as established in T.C.A. §
55-50-502, permitting request for
a hearing before adverse licensing action is initiated.
(d) The school bus endorsement downgrading
action:
1. Will occur on the first day of the
following month of the S endorsement holder's training month.
2. Drivers not meeting the minimum training
requirements stated in this rule will be downgraded.
3. All other adverse actions against school
bus endorsement privileges shall be governed by provisions of T.C.A. §
55-50-502 or other state
law.
4. Drivers that have their
school bus endorsement removed may reapply for the endorsement and have
operating privileges restored upon satisfactorily completing the required
safety training as mandated for all other Tennessee school bus drivers and
complying with the laws and regulations for reinstatement of the endorsement
through required testing by the driver's license issuance division within the
Department.
(e) School
Activity
1. Drivers of school buses utilized
for "school activity purposes" shall possess a Commercial Driver's License
(CDL) with the passenger and school bus endorsements.
2. "School activity purposes": includes, but
is not limited to: field trips, ball trips, band camps and other non-regular
route use that is sanctioned by the board of education on either board-owned,
contractor-owned, or school-owned equipment.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-2009, 4-4-102, 49-6-2102, and 49-6-2109.
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