Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 61 - SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Subchapter BB - COMMISSIONER'S RULES ON REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Section 61.1028 - Reporting of Bus Collisions

(1) Collision --Any collision as described by Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 550, Subchapter B.

(2) Motor bus--In accordance with Texas Education Code, § 34.003, and Texas Transportation Code, § 502.001, a motor bus is a vehicle designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver, and includes vehicles used to transport persons on the public highways for compensation, other than a vehicle operated by muscular power or a municipal bus.

(3) Multifunction school activity bus--In accordance with Texas Transportation Code, § 541.201, a multifunction school activity bus is a subcategory of school bus. It must meet all FMVSS for a school bus except having traffic control devices, including flashing lights and stop arm, and it may not be painted in national school bus yellow. The multifunction school activity bus cannot be used to transport students from home to school or school to home or for any purpose other than school activities.

(4) School activity bus--In accordance with Texas Transportation Code, § 541.201, a school activity bus is a bus designed to accommodate more than 15 passengers, including the operator, that is owned, operated, rented, or leased by a school district, county school, open-enrollment charter school, regional education service center, or shared services arrangement and that is used to transport public school students on a school-related activity trip, other than on routes to and from school. The term does not include a chartered bus, a bus operated by a mass transit authority, a school bus, or a multifunction school activity bus.

(5) School bus--In accordance with Texas Transportation Code, § 541.201, a school bus is a motor vehicle that was manufactured in compliance with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for school buses in effect on the date of manufacture and that is used to transport preprimary, primary, or secondary students on a route to or from school or on a school-related activity trip other than on routes to and from school. A school bus is a bus owned, leased, contracted to, or operated by a school or school district that is regularly used to transport students to and from school or school-related activities; meets all applicable FMVSS; and is readily identified by alternately flashing lights, national school bus yellow paint, and the legend "School Bus." The term does not include a multifunction school activity bus, a school activity bus, or a motor bus.

(1) School districts and open-enrollment charter schools shall report annually to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) the number of collisions in which their buses were involved in the past year. School districts and open-enrollment charter schools shall report the collisions in a manner prescribed by the commissioner of education. School districts and open-enrollment charter schools shall file annual collision reports to TEA only in the period beginning July 1 and ending July 31 and shall include the following information in the report:

(2) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall report a bus collision involving a school bus, a multifunction school activity bus, a school activity bus, or a motor bus if:

(3) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall not report a bus collision involving a school bus, a multifunction school activity bus, a school activity bus, or a motor bus if:

(4) A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall not report a collision that occurred in a vehicle that is owned, contracted, or chartered by a school district or charter school and is not a school bus, a multifunction school activity bus, a school activity bus, or a motor bus.