ORS 820.100: Adoption of safety standards for construction and equipment of school vehicles.

(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce such reasonable standards relating to school bus and school activity vehicle construction and school bus and school activity vehicle equipment as the board deems necessary for safe and economical operation, except that the board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977. (2) The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 may adopt and enforce separate standards of the type described under this section for school buses and school activity vehicles that are under the governing board’s jurisdiction, except that the governing board may not authorize the use of school buses manufactured before April 1, 1977. (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce standards for school bus stop arms authorized by ORS 820.105. (4) The State Board of Education shall adopt and enforce standards for school bus stop arm camera warning signs authorized by ORS 811.156. (5) Standards adopted under this section: (a) Must be consistent with requirements established by statute or by rule adopted under statutory authority that relate to the same subject. (b) Shall be consistent with minimum uniform national standards, if such standards exist. (c) May include different requirements for different classes or types of school buses or school activity vehicles. (d) May include any exemptions determined appropriate under ORS 820.150. [1983 c.338 §747; 1985 c.16 §358; 1985 c.420 §12; 1987 c.654 §6; 1989 c.491 §71; 2007 c.632 §1; 2013 c.768 §150; 2015 c.767 §211; 2024 c.43 §3]