{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-39834","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 39834","heading":"","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["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.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7b08d7bbd2f28509bf4764a5e6a3270a2303a87712685b5ea509bbabd7848bef","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-39833","next":"us-ca/edc-39835"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}