                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INFORMATION CONCERNING SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND DRIVER EDUCATION INSTRUCTORS (§
46.2-340)

A. 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&#8217;s license number, and commercial driver&#8217;s license
number of all persons driving school buses for that school division. Whenever
any commercial driver&#8217;s license with a school bus driver&#8217;s
endorsement is suspended or revoked, or the holder of a driver&#8217;s license
with a school bus driver&#8217;s endorsement or commercial driver&#8217;s
license with a school bus driver&#8217;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&#8217;s license number
or commercial driver&#8217;s license number of the driver involved.

B. 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&#8217;s license number of all persons
providing instruction in driver education for that school division or private
school. Whenever a driver&#8217;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&#8217;s license
number of the driver involved.
			If 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&#8217;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. The provisions of the Government Data Collection and Dissemination Practices
Act (Chapter 38 of Title 2.2, &#xA7; 2.2-3800 et seq.) shall not apply to the
exchange of information under this section.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 287, § 46.1-370.01; 1989, c. 727; 1993, c. 52; 1999, c. 463.