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

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

   1. (A) National Standards for School Buses, found on pages 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
   2. (B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, 1994 Revised Edition, published by the department;

2. (2) for school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2002, but before January 1, 2007,

   1. (A) National Specifications for School Buses, found on pages 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
   2. (B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, 2001 Revised Edition, published by the department;

3. (3) for school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, but before January 1, 2012,

   1. (A) National Specifications for School Buses, found on pages 1 - 81 of the National School Transportation Specifications & Procedures, May 2005 Revised Edition, published by Missouri Safety Center, Central Missouri State University, Humphreys Suite 201, Warrensburg, Missouri 64093; and
   2. (B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, 2006 Revised Edition, published by the department;

4. (4) for school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2012, but before January 1, 2018,

   1. (A) National Specifications for School Buses, found on pages 1 - 70 of the National School Transportation Specifications & Procedures, May 2010 Revised Edition, published by Missouri Safety Center, Central Missouri State University, Humphreys Suite 201, Warrensburg, Missouri 64093; and
   2. (B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, 2011 Revised Edition, published by the department;

5. (5) for school buses manufactured on or after January 1, 2018,

   1. (A) National Specifications for School Buses found on pages 13 - 81 of the National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures, May 2015 Revised Edition, published by the National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services (NASDPTS), 5307 Indigo Way, Middleton, WI 53562; and
   2. (B) Minimum Standards for Alaska School Buses, 2017 Revised Edition, published by the department.

(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; am 3/24/2007, Register 181; am 6/24/2012, Register 202; am 3/15/2018, Register 225)

Authority: AS 14.07.020, AS 14.07.060, AS 14.09.010, AS 14.07.030, AS 14.07.070