1. (a) School districts and charter schools are responsible for developing the school bus emergency evacuation training curriculum based on the most recent edition of the National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures, as adopted by the National Congress on School Transportation, or a similar school transportation safety manual.
2. (b) For purposes of conducting school bus emergency evacuation training, the term "fall" is defined as July 1 to December 31.
3. (c) School districts and charter schools are encouraged to make a good faith effort to ensure that all students, teachers, and appropriate staff receive the school bus emergency evacuation training at least once each school year.

4. (d) Reporting Requirements.

   1. (1) A record of each school bus emergency evacuation training session conducted must be submitted on form SBT-7 titled "Reporting of School Bus Evacuation Training" available at: https://www.dps.texas.gov/internetforms/home/index. The form must be filled out completely and submitted via mail to School Bus Transportation, Texas Department of Public Safety, P.O. Box 4087, Austin, Texas 78773-0525 or electronically to sbt@dps.texas.gov.
   2. (2) Reports must be submitted within 30 days following the completion of each training session.

Source Note:The provisions of this §14.54 adopted to be effective March 18, 2009, 34 TexReg 1879; amended to be effective December 27, 2010, 35 TexReg 11709; amended to be effective October 29, 2025, 50 TexReg 7019.