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Tex. Educ. Code § 34.0021
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Texas Annotated Statutes
EDUCATION CODE
TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION
SUBTITLE F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES
CHAPTER 34. TRANSPORTATION
Date:
08/31/2009
Document:
§ 34.0021. School Bus Emergency Evacuation Training
(a) Pursuant to the safety standards established by the Department of Public Safety under Section 34.002, each school district may conduct a training session for students and teachers concerning procedures for evacuating a school bus during an emergency.
(b) A school district that chooses to conduct a training session under Subsection (a) is encouraged to conduct the school bus emergency evacuation training session in the fall of the school year. The school district is also encouraged to structure the training session so that the session applies to school bus passengers, a portion of the session occurs on a school bus, and the session lasts for at least one hour.
(c) The school bus emergency evacuation training must be based on the recommendations of the most recent edition of the National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures, as adopted by the National Congress on School Transportation, or a similar school transportation safety manual.
(c-1) Immediately before each field trip involving transportation by school bus, a school district is encouraged to review school bus emergency evacuation procedures with the school bus passengers, including a demonstration of the school bus emergency exits and the safe manner to exit.
(d) Not later than the 30th day after the date that a school district completes a training session, the district shall provide the Department of Public Safety with a record certifying the district's completion of the training.
(e) The Department of Public Safety may adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
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