GroundRules
EDC § 39834
Where this section sits in the code
- Education Code - EDC
- TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]
- DIVISION 3. LOCAL ADMINISTRATION [35000. - 45500.]
- PART 23.5. TRANSPORTATION [39800. - 40090.5.]
- CHAPTER 1. Transportation Services [39800. - 39882.]
- ARTICLE 3. Schoolbuses [39830. - 39843.]
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any officer, agent, or employee of a school district, office of the county superintendent of schools, or joint powers agency, or any other person, knowingly operating, or permitting or directing the operation of a schoolbus, when it is loaded with schoolchildren in excess of the limits of its seating capacity, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(b) The governing board of any school district, office of the county superintendent of schools, or joint powers agency may adopt a district policy establishing plans for the evacuation of pupils in case of any emergency that may provide, where necessary, for the loading of schoolchildren on a schoolbus in excess of the limits of its seating capacity.
(c) As used in this section, “emergency” means a natural disaster or hazard that requires pupils to be moved immediately in order to ensure their safety.
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