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Whenever any commercial driver’s license with a school bus driver’s endorsement is suspended or revoked, or the holder of a driver’s license with a school bus driver’s endorsement or commercial driver’s license with a school bus driver’s endorsement is convicted in any court of reckless driving or driving while intoxicated, the Department shall notify the affected local school division of the name and driver’s license number or commercial driver’s license number of the driver involved.B\n\nAt the beginning of each school year, and whenever changes need to be made, each local school division and private school providing a driver education program approved by the Department of Education shall furnish to the Department of Motor Vehicles the name and driver’s license number of all persons providing instruction in driver education for that school division or private school. Whenever a driver’s license of a person providing such instruction is suspended or revoked, or such person is convicted in any court of reckless driving or driving while intoxicated, the Department shall notify the affected local school division or private school of the name and driver’s license number of the driver involved.\n\t\t\tIf the driving record of such driver education instructor accumulates more than six demerit points based on convictions occurring in any calendar year, the Department shall notify the relevant local school division or private school of the name and driver’s license number of the driver. Safe driving points shall not be used to reduce the six demerit points. No driver education program in a public school division or a private school shall retain its approval by the Department of Education unless such a person who has accumulated such six demerit points is removed from providing behind-the-wheel driver education instruction in the private school or public school division for a period of twenty-four months.C\n\nThe provisions of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (Chapter 38 of Title 2.2, § 2.2-3800 et seq.) shall not apply to the exchange of information under this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":244551,"text":"At the beginning of each school year, and whenever changes need to be made, each local school division shall furnish to the Department of Motor Vehicles the name, driver’s license number, and commercial driver’s license number of all persons driving school buses for that school division. Whenever any commercial driver’s license with a school bus driver’s endorsement is suspended or revoked, or the holder of a driver’s license with a school bus driver’s endorsement or commercial driver’s license with a school bus driver’s endorsement is convicted in any court of reckless driving or driving while intoxicated, the Department shall notify the affected local school division of the name and driver’s license number or commercial driver’s license number of the driver involved.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":244552,"text":"At the beginning of each school year, and whenever changes need to be made, each local school division and private school providing a driver education program approved by the Department of Education shall furnish to the Department of Motor Vehicles the name and driver’s license number of all persons providing instruction in driver education for that school division or private school. Whenever a driver’s license of a person providing such instruction is suspended or revoked, or such person is convicted in any court of reckless driving or driving while intoxicated, the Department shall notify the affected local school division or private school of the name and driver’s license number of the driver involved.\n\t\t\tIf the driving record of such driver education instructor accumulates more than six demerit points based on convictions occurring in any calendar year, the Department shall notify the relevant local school division or private school of the name and driver’s license number of the driver. Safe driving points shall not be used to reduce the six demerit points. 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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 287 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 727; in 1993, chapter 52; in 1999, chapter 463<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69409,"section_number":"2.2-3800","catch_line":"Short title; findings; principles of information practice","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3800\/"}],"permalink":{"id":226565,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67491,"identifier":"46.2-340","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/5\/46.2-340","url":"\/46.2-340\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-340\/","token":"46.2\/II\/3\/5\/46.2-340","dublin_core":{"Title":"Information concerning school bus drivers and driver education instructors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-340","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> At the beginning of each school year, and whenever changes need to be made, each local school division shall furnish to the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles<\/span> the name, driver<\/span>’s license number, and commercial driver<\/span>’s license number of all persons driving school buses for that school division. Whenever any commercial driver<\/span>’s license with a school bus<\/span> driver<\/span>’s endorsement is suspended or revoked, or the holder of a driver<\/span>’s license with a school bus<\/span> driver<\/span>’s endorsement or commercial driver<\/span>’s license with a school bus<\/span> driver<\/span>’s endorsement is convicted in any court<\/span> of reckless driving<\/span> or driving while intoxicated, the Department<\/span> shall notify the affected local school division of the name and driver<\/span>’s license number or commercial driver<\/span>’s license number of the driver<\/span> involved. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> At the beginning of each school year, and whenever changes need to be made, each local school division and private school providing a driver<\/span> education program approved by the Department<\/span> of Education shall furnish to the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles<\/span> the name and driver<\/span>’s license number of all persons providing instruction in driver<\/span> education for that school division or private school. Whenever a driver<\/span>’s license of a person providing such instruction is suspended or revoked, or such person is convicted in any court<\/span> of reckless driving<\/span> or driving while intoxicated, the Department<\/span> shall notify the affected local school division or private school of the name and driver<\/span>’s license number of the driver<\/span> involved.\n\t\t\tIf the driving record of such driver<\/span> education instructor<\/span> accumulates more than six demerit points based on convictions<\/span> occurring in any calendar year, the Department<\/span> shall notify the relevant local school division or private school of the name and driver<\/span>’s license number of the driver<\/span>. Safe driving points shall not be used to reduce the six demerit points. No driver<\/span> education program in a public school division or a private school shall retain its approval by the Department<\/span> of Education unless such a person who has accumulated such six demerit points is removed from providing behind-the-wheel driver<\/span> education instruction in the private school or public school division for a period of twenty-four months. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The provisions of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices Act (Chapter 38 of Title 2.2, § 2.2-3800<\/a> et seq.) shall not apply to the exchange of information under this section. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINFORMATION CONCERNING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND DRIVER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS (\u00a7\n46.2-340)\n\nA. At the beginning of each school year, and whenever changes need to be made,\neach local school division shall furnish to the Department of Motor Vehicles the\nname, driver’s license number, and commercial driver’s license\nnumber of all persons driving school buses for that school division. Whenever\nany commercial driver’s license with a school bus driver’s\nendorsement is suspended or revoked, or the holder of a driver’s license\nwith a school bus driver’s endorsement or commercial driver’s\nlicense with a school bus driver’s endorsement is convicted in any court\nof reckless driving or driving while intoxicated, the Department shall notify\nthe affected local school division of the name and driver’s license number\nor commercial driver’s license number of the driver involved.\n\nB. At the beginning of each school year, and whenever changes need to be made,\neach local school division and private school providing a driver education\nprogram approved by the Department of Education shall furnish to the Department\nof Motor Vehicles the name and driver’s license number of all persons\nproviding instruction in driver education for that school division or private\nschool. Whenever a driver’s license of a person providing such instruction\nis suspended or revoked, or such person is convicted in any court of reckless\ndriving or driving while intoxicated, the Department shall notify the affected\nlocal school division or private school of the name and driver’s license\nnumber of the driver involved.\n\t\t\tIf the driving record of such driver education instructor accumulates more\nthan six demerit points based on convictions occurring in any calendar year, the\nDepartment shall notify the relevant local school division or private school of\nthe name and driver’s license number of the driver. Safe driving points\nshall not be used to reduce the six demerit points. No driver education program\nin a public school division or a private school shall retain its approval by the\nDepartment of Education unless such a person who has accumulated such six\ndemerit points is removed from providing behind-the-wheel driver education\ninstruction in the private school or public school division for a period of\ntwenty-four months.\n\nC. The provisions of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices\nAct (Chapter 38 of Title 2.2, § 2.2-3800 et seq.) shall not apply to the\nexchange of information under this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 287, \u00a7 46.1-370.01; 1989, c. 727; 1993, c. 52; 1999, c. 463.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}