The following is a compilation of the statutes, rules and regulations governing the school transportation program in the state of Connecticut. These provisions are found in the Connecticut Motor Vehicle Laws and the Connecticut Motor Vehicle Regulations. Anyone interested in the actual language of any reference, or for an interpretation of the reference, should call the state director of school transportation in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Division of the Connecticut Dept. of Motor Vehicles at 203/528-6565.

CONNECTICUT MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS

Title 14

14-272a.     Carrying of children in pick-up trucks or open-bed vehicles. Restrictions.

14-273.     Operation of motor vehicles requiring a passenger endorsement or passenger and school endorsement.

14-275.     Equipment and color of school buses.

14-275a.     Use of standard school bus required, when. Use of mass transportation permitted, when. Use of certain motor vehicles prohibited.

14-275b.     Transportation of mobility impaired students.

14-275c.     Regulations re school buses and motor vehicles used to transport special education students. Operators age seventy or older.

14-276.     School bus operators to hold valid passenger and school endorsement. Names of suspended or revoked licensees furnished upon request.

14-276a.     Regulations re school bus operators and operators of student transportation vehicles; qualifications; training. Pre-employment drug test required for operators.

14-277.     Operator's duties on stopping bus.

14-278.     Hours of operation. Placement of seats. No extra exemption or authority for operators.

14-279.     Vehicles to stop for school bus. Penalties. Written warning or summons.

14-280.     Letters and signals to be concealed when not used in transporting children. Signs on other vehicles.

14-281.     Penalties.

14-281a.     Speed of school buses. Display of head lamps.

14-281b.     Summons issued to holder of license endorsement while operating school bus or student transportation vehicles; copy to be sent to employer and local board of education; notification of disposition of case.

14-281c.     Report of serious accidents involving school buses or student transportation vehicles.

14-281d.     Duties of operators of student transportation vehicles re receipt or discharge of school children.

14-282.     Vehicle formerly used as school bus to be repainted. Inspection of other vehicles.

14-282a.     Inspection districts for school buses and student transportation vehicles.

CONNECTICUT MOTOR VEHICLE REGULATIONS

14-275c-49.     School Buses-Accident Reports

14-275-1.     School Buses-Construction & Equipment

14-276-1.     School Buses-Driver Training & Requirements

14-275-c-32     School Buses-Inspection and Maintenance School Buses-Minimum Requirements for Construction

14-275b-1.     School Buses-Equipment of Type I School Buses

14-275c-36     School Buses-Minimum Requirements for Construction

14-275a-1.     School Buses-Equipment of Type II School Buses School Buses-Mirror Assembly

14-275c-1.     School Buses-Operation of School Buses

14-275c-44.     School Buses-Responsibility of Carriers for Drivers

14-275c-46.     School Buses-Training of Drivers

14-275b-92a     School Buses-Type I - Use of Pressurized Flammable Gas

14-275b-132     School Buses-Used for Students Who Are Mobility Impaired

14-275c-41.     School Buses-Vehicle Inspection Report

14-275c-46.     School Transportation Vehicles-Training of Drivers

14-280-1.     School Children-Signs When Carrying

Last updated: September 1, 1997

Source:

Connecticut Motor Vehicle Laws
Connecticut Motor Vehicle Regulations