                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SCHOOL BUSES TO BE ROUTED SO AS TO AVOID NECESSITY OF PUPILS&#8217; CROSSING
DIVIDED HIGHWAYS (§ 46.2-918)

All school buses transporting pupils to and from all public, private, or
religious schools or in connection with such schools, operating on any highway
in the Commonwealth which has two or more roadways separated by a physical
barrier or barriers or an unpaved area, or which have five or more lanes the
center lane 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 as described in this section,
in order for such pupil to reach such bus or to return to his residence. Any
violation of this section shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 46-216; 1950, p. 84; 1958, c. 541, §§ 46.1-169.2,
46.1-199; 1964, c. 15; 1966, c. 699; 1972, c. 86; 1974, c. 365; 1976, c. 24;
1981, c. 395; 1984, c. 539; 1985, cc. 209, 250, 462; 1989, cc. 712, 727; 2005,
c. 928.