4 AAC 27.110. Supplementary publications pertaining to pupil transportation

The following handbooks are adopted by reference as the minimum standards for school buses in Alaska:

(1) for school buses manufactured before January 2, 1982

(A) Minimum Standards for School Buses, 1970 Edition, published by the National Commission of Safety Education, National Education Association, 1201 16th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036; and

(B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, Third Edition (Revised), 1980, published by the department;

(2) for school buses manufactured after January 1, 1982, but before September 11, 1994

(A) National Minimum Standards for School Buses, 1980 Edition, published by the National Safety Council, 444 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611; and

(B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses Manufactured after January 1, 1982, 1981 Edition, published by the department;

(3) for school buses manufactured on or after September 11, 1994, but before January 1, 2002

(A) National Standards for School Buses, found on pp. 1 - 31 of the 1990 National Standards for School Buses and Operations, published by the National Safety Council, 444 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611; and

(B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, 1994 Revised Edition, published by the department;

(4) for school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2002

(A) National Specifications for School Buses, found on pp. 1 - 71 of the National School Transportation Specifications & Procedures, 2000 Revised Edition, published by Missouri Safety Center, Central Missouri State University, Humphreys Suite 201, Warrensburg, Missouri 64093; and

(B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, 2001 Revised Edition, published by the department.

History: In effect before 7/28/59; am 10/8/66, Register 24; am 10/14/68, Register 27; am 5/30/71, Register 38; am 9/14/77, Register 63; am 11/14/80, Register 76; am 12/23/81, Register 80; am 9/11/94, Register 131; am 11/23/2001, Register 160

Authority: AS 14.07.020

Editor's note: The above publications are available from the Department of Education and Early Development, 801 W. 10th St., Suite 200, Juneau, Alaska 99801-1894.

As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125 (b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Education to the Department of Education and Early Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999, and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of education.

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