Interstate School Bus Safety
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM); request for comments.
The FMCSA requests comments on whether to extend the applicability of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to all interstate school transportation operations (thus excluding home-to-school or school-to-home transportation) by local governmentally-operated educational agencies. This action responds to section 4024 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) which directs the FMCSA to determine whether the FMSCRs should apply to these operations. The FMCSA requests comments, data, and information to assist the agency in making the determination.