The following is a compilation of the legal citations of the statutes, rules and regulations governing the school transportation program in the state of Iowa. Also included are the titles of the citations. These provisions are found in the Code of Iowa Statutes and the Iowa Administrative Code. For additional information call the office of the state director of school transportation in the Bureau of School Administration at 515/281-5811.

IOWA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

Education 281, Title VIII School Transportation

Chapter 43 Pupil Transportation [Prior to 9/7/88, see Public Instruction Departments (670) CH 22]

Division I Transportation Routes

281-43.1(285) Intra-area education agency routes.

281-43.2(285) Intra-area education agency routes.

Division II Private Contractors

281-43.3(285) Contract required.

281-43.4(285) Uniform charge.

281-43.5(285) Board must be party.

281-43.6(285) Contract with parents.

281-43.7(285) Vehicle requirements.

Division III Financial Records and Reports

281-43.8(285) Required charges.

281-43.9(285) Activity trips deducted.

Division IV Use of School Buses

281-43.10(285) Permitted uses listed.

281-43.11(295) Teacher transportation.

Division V The Bus Driver

281-43.12(285) Driver Qualifications

281-43.13(285) Stability factors.

281-43.14(285) Driver age.

281-43.15(285) Physical fitness.

281-43.16(285) Test for tuberculosis.

281-43.17(285) Additional fitness requirements.

281-43.18(285) Mental fitness.

281-43.19(285) Vision requirements.

281-43.20(285) Hearing requirements.

281-43.21(285) Experience, traffic law knowledge and driving record.

281-43.22(321) Annual permit fee collection and distribution of funds.

281-43.23(285) Application form.

281-43.24(321) Permit denials and revocations.

281-43.25(285) Local board procedure.

281-43.26(285) Financing.

Division VII Miscellaneous Requirements

281-43.30(285) Semiannual inspection.

281-43.31(285) Maintenance record.

281-43.32(285) Drivers' schools.

281-43.33(285) Insurance.

281-43.34(285) Contract-privately owned buses.

281-43.35(285) Contract-district-owned buses.

281-43.36(285) Accident reports.

281-43.37(285) Railroad crossings.

281-43.38(285) Driver restrictions.

281-43.39(285) Civil defense projects.

281-43.40(285) Pupil instruction.

281-43.41(285) Pretrip inspections.

281-43.42(285) Loading and unloading areas.

Division VIII Common Carriers

281-43.43(285) Standards for common carriers.

Chapter 44 School Buses [Prior to 8/10/88, see Pubic Instruction Department 670-CH 23]

281-44.1(285) Requirements for manufacturers.

281-44.2(285) School bus chassis.

281-44.3(285) School bus body.

281-44.4(285) Construction of vehicles for children with mobility problems.

281-44.5(285) Family-type or multipurpose passenger vehicles.

CODE OF IOWA STATUTES

Chapter 285 State Aid for Transportation

285.1 When entitled to state aid.

285.2 Payment of claims for nonpublic school pupil transportation.

285.3 Parental reimbursement for nonpublic school pupil transportation.

285.4 Pupils sent to another district.

285.5 Contracts for transportation.

285.6 Personnel - expenses.

285.7 Repealed by 67 Acts, ch 356, 28.

285.8 Powers and duties of department.

285.9 Powers and duties of area boards.

285.10 Power and duties of local boards.

285.11 Bus routes - basis of operation.

285.12 Disputes - hearings and appeals.

285.13 Disagreements between boards.

285.14 Nonstandard buses - penalties.

285.15 Forfeiture of reimbursement rights.

285.16 "Nonpublic school" defined.

Chapter 321 School Buses

321.372 Discharging pupils - regulations.

321.372A Prompt investigation of reported violation of failing to obey school bus warning devices.

321.373 Required construction - rules adopted.

321.374 Inspection - seal of approval.

321.375 School bus drivers - qualifications - grounds for suspension.

321.376 License - permit - instruction requirement.

321.378 Applicability [to public and nonpublic schools].

321.380 Enforcement.

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Last updated October 15, 1996