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77 opinions issued in 1988.
Opinion No. 193-88 — BUS OPERATOR'S LICENSE.; BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPT. OF.; DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.; SCHOOLS.; SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION.
Dec 22, 1988
1. In a first or second class county or in a third or fourth class county whose board of education has adopted written compliance with Section 302.272, RSMo Supp. 1988 , Section 167.242, RSMo Supp. 1988 exempts an individual transporting four or fewer students in a privately owned automobile from being licensed as a school bus operator or as a chauffeur while under contract to transport with a public school or the State Board of Education. 2. There is no requirement under Section 167.242 that the operator be paid compensation for the exemption to be applicable but the operator must have a legally valid contract to transport. 3. A public school district employee's contract would be considered a “contract to transport” under Section 167.242 only if it contained an express provision regarding the employee's responsibilities to transport school children. 4. In a first or second class county or in a third or fourth class county whose board of education has adopted written compliance with Section 302.272, Section 167.242 does not exempt an individual transporting four or fewer students in an automobile owned by the school district from being licensed as a school bus operator because the exemption applies only to automobiles which are privately, not publicly, owned; therefore, the operator would be required to obtain a school bus operator's permit.
Opinion No. 146-88 — EDUCATIONAL FUNDS.; EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.; SCHOOLS.; SCHOOL FUNDS.; TUITION.
Dec 22, 1988
Fees charged by educational entities to provide coursework for high school credit, delivered to students via interactive satellite communication systems, must be paid from either the free textbook fund or the incidental fund.