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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 11 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 1958, chapter 541; in 1964, chapter 15; in 1966, chapter 699; in 1972, chapter 86; in 1974, chapter 365; in 1976, chapter 24; in 1981, chapter 395; in 1984, chapter 539; in 1985, chapters 209, 250, and 462; in 1989, chapters 712 and 727; in 2005, chapter 928<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":230561,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68287,"identifier":"46.2-918","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-918","url":"\/46.2-918\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-918\/","token":"46.2\/III\/8\/14\/46.2-918","dublin_core":{"Title":"School buses to be routed so as to avoid necessity of pupils’ crossing divided highways","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-918","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All school buses transporting pupils to and from all public, private, or religious schools or in connection with such schools, operating on any highway<\/span> in the Commonwealth which has two or more roadways<\/span> separated by a physical barrier or barriers or an unpaved area, or which have five or more lanes<\/span> the center lane<\/span> of which is a flush median marked for use by turning traffic only, shall be routed so that no pupil shall be picked up or discharged at any point which will require any pupil to cross such highway<\/span> as described in this section, in order<\/span> for such pupil to reach such bus or to return to his residence. Any violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSCHOOL BUSES TO BE ROUTED SO AS TO AVOID NECESSITY OF PUPILS’ CROSSING\nDIVIDED HIGHWAYS (\u00a7 46.2-918)\n\nAll school buses transporting pupils to and from all public, private, or\nreligious schools or in connection with such schools, operating on any highway\nin the Commonwealth which has two or more roadways separated by a physical\nbarrier or barriers or an unpaved area, or which have five or more lanes the\ncenter lane of which is a flush median marked for use by turning traffic only,\nshall be routed so that no pupil shall be picked up or discharged at any point\nwhich will require any pupil to cross such highway as described in this section,\nin order for such pupil to reach such bus or to return to his residence. Any\nviolation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 46-216; 1950, p. 84; 1958, c. 541, \u00a7\u00a7 46.1-169.2,\n46.1-199; 1964, c. 15; 1966, c. 699; 1972, c. 86; 1974, c. 365; 1976, c. 24;\n1981, c. 395; 1984, c. 539; 1985, cc. 209, 250, 462; 1989, cc. 712, 727; 2005,\nc. 928.","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}}