School districts shall ensure that all school buses are inspected semi-annually in accordance with the guide for school bus maintenance and safety audit program.

1. A. School districts must maintain the following:

   (1) maintenance records in accordance with the department’s guide for school bus maintenance and safety audit program;

   (2) semi-annual inspection records completed by the contractor or in the case of owned operations, the local school district superintendent;

   (3) pre-and-post trip records of daily inspections for the school year completed by the contractor or school district transportation director;

   (4) inspection records of random inspections conducted by inspectors or auditor authorized by the department.

2. B. School districts must certify to the department that semi-annual inspections and daily driver inspections have been conducted and are on file.

   [12-31-98; 6.41.2.9 NMAC - Rn, 6 NMAC 9.5.1.9 & A, 07-31-01; A, 11-13-09]

   HISTORY OF 6.41.2 NMAC:

   PRE-NMAC HISTORY: The material in this regulation was derived from that previously filed with the State Records Center and Archives under State Board of Education Regulation 93-19 School Bus Inspections, filed October 5, 1993;

   State Board of Education Regulation 76-15 Regulations to Govern the Inspection of all School Buses used for the Transportation of School Children, filed September 1, 1976;

   State Board of Education Regulation 76-15 Regulations to Govern the Inspection of all School Buses used for the Transportation of School Children -Amendment No. 1 filed October 28,1988;

   State Board of Education Regulation 74-10 Guidelines for School Bus Inspection in New Mexico, filed June 27, 1974;

   State Board of Education Regulation 72­ 22 Guidelines for School Bus Inspection in New Mexico, filed December 13,1972;

   State Board of Education Regulation 70-11 Guidelines for School Bus Inspection in New Mexico, filed August 27, 1970;

   State Board of Education Regulation 67-7 Guidelines for School Bus Inspection in New Mexico, filed November 3, 1967.

   HISTORY OF REPEALED MATERIAL: [Reserved]