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What is defined as a school bus route and who approve these routes?
A bus route begins when a bus leaves a point (home, school, etc.) empty and proceeds on a predetermined route, picking up pupils and then traveling to a school(s) until the bus is empty; and returning the pupils to a designated point after school (5 CSR 30-261.010 (4)(A)(3)).
These routes are required to be approved by the local board of education by the end of October and any revisions to the routes by the June 30.