2018 Code of Virginia
Title 22.1 - Education
Chapter 12 - Pupil Transportation
§ 22.1-181. Training program for school bus operators
The Board of Education shall develop a training program for persons applying for employment, and employed, to operate school buses and shall promote its implementation. For applicants not currently possessing a commercial driver's license, such regulations shall require (i) a minimum of 24 hours of classroom training administered pursuant to this section and (ii) six hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers. For applicants currently possessing a commercial driver's license, such regulations shall require (a) a minimum of four hours of classroom training administered pursuant to this section and (b) three hours of behind-the-wheel training on a school bus that contains no pupil passengers. Behind-the-wheel training shall be administered under the direct on-board supervision of a designated school bus driver trainer.
Code 1950, ยง 22-276.3; 1977, c. 393; 1980, c. 559; 2018, cc. 203, 389.
