Title 59, Education

The premiums on all insurance contracts procured under the authority of Section 59-67-710 shall be paid out of the annual appropriation for transportation operated by the State Board of Education. Such premiums shall be considered a part of the general expenses of operating schoo…

No county or other political subdivision shall supplement the benefits provided in this article by the procuring of insurance or by any other means on State-owned buses.

County and district boards of education owning school buses are directed to provide the same insurance coverage for the lawful occupants of a county or district-owned bus as is provided for the lawful occupants of a State-owned school bus under Section 59-67-710. County and distr…

The acceptance of any payment or the bringing of any action authorized by this article shall constitute a waiver of any liability that might otherwise exist on the part of the driver of any State-owned school bus operated under the authority of Article 3 of this chapter.

For the purpose of this article, the doctrine of sovereign immunity for the State is hereby waived up to the limits of the insurance coverage specified therein.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as a waiver of the State's general immunity from liability and suit beyond the limits of the insurance coverage specified therein.

The Director of the Sinking Funds and Property Division of the State Department of Administration may promulgate any rules or regulations or set up any procedure which will, in his judgment, clarify the provisions or facilitate the purposes of this article.

There is hereby created a fund to be administered by the Director of the Division of General Services to provide major medical benefits for bodily injuries to school bus passengers when the cost exceeds the benefits provided for in subsection (1)(a) of Section 59-67-710 of the 19…

Every school bus shall be equipped with a power-driven windshield wiper, adequate brakes and efficient lights which shall at all times when in use be in good working order and also with a rear view mirror or mirrors of such dimensions as will enable the driver, from the driver's …

The gasoline tank of every school bus shall be filled, vented and located entirely outside of that part of the school bus utilized for carrying passengers.