2004 Minnesota Statutes

     169.435 State school bus safety administration. 

    Subdivision 1.    Responsibility; Department of Public 
 Safety.  The Department of Public Safety has the primary 
 responsibility for school transportation safety.  The 
 commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall serve as state 
 director of pupil transportation according to subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 2.  Expired 

    Subd. 3.    Pupil transportation safety director.  (a) 
 The commissioner of public safety or the commissioner's designee 
 shall serve as pupil transportation safety director. 

    (b) The duties of the pupil transportation safety director 
 shall include: 

    (1) overseeing all department activities related to school 
 bus safety; 

    (2) assisting in the development, interpretation, and 
 implementation of laws and policies relating to school bus 
 safety; 

    (3) supervising preparation of the School Bus Inspection 
 Manual; and 

    (4) in conjunction with the Department of Education, 
 assisting school districts in developing and implementing 
 comprehensive transportation policies. 

    HIST: 1994 c 647 art 12 s 13; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1Sp1997 
 c 4 art 12 s 6; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 12 s 17