Authority: IC 20-27-3-6.5

Affected: IC 20-27-8

Sec. 2. (a) A school bus driver operating a school bus shall at least once a semester conduct a school bus passenger evacuation drill.

(b) All school bus passenger evacuation drills shall meet the following minimum standards:

1. (1) Be completed in two (2) minutes or less.
2. (2) Be conducted within forty-five (45) school days of the beginning date of each semester.
3. (3) Use only emergency exit doors or service door for the passenger evacuation drill.
4. (4) Driver must be present at all passenger evacuation drills.

(c) At the completion of each school year, the bus passenger evacuation drills for each school corporation or private school shall have included the following:

1. (1) The use of all emergency exit doors and service door.
2. (2) One (1) drill with the school bus driver not directing the passenger evacuation drill.
3. (3) Each student receiving appropriate instruction for the passenger evacuation drill.

(d) Documentation of the bus passenger evacuation drill shall be reported to the designated school corporation or private school representative.

(e) Documentation of the bus passenger evacuation drill for each school corporation or private school shall be reported to the department of education by June 30 of each year.

(f) Any student exempted from physical participation in a passenger evacuation drill shall have documentation on file at the school.

(State School Bus Committee; 575 IAC 1-10-2; filed Aug 15, 2014, 10:06 a.m.: 20140910-IR- 575130541FRA; readopted filed Aug 12, 2020, 10:18 a.m.: 20200909-IR-575200228RFA)