Mississippi § 63-1-221 - Applicants for school bus endorsements.

§ 63-1-221. Applicants for school bus endorsements.

An applicant for a school bus endorsement shall satisfy the following requirements: Pass the knowledge and skills test for obtaining a passenger vehicle endorsement. Pass the knowledge test covering the following topics, at minimum: Loading and unloading children, including the safe operation of stop signal devices, external mirror systems, flashing lights, and other warning and passenger safety devices required for school buses by state or federal law or regulation. Emergency exits and procedures for safely evacuating passengers in an emergency. State and federal laws and regulations related to traversing safely highway rail grade crossings. Pass a skills test in a school bus of the same vehicle group as the applicant will operate. The department may waive the skills test required in subsection (1) (a) of this section for an applicant who: Is currently licensed, has experience operating a school bus, and has a good operating record; Certifies, and whose certification is verified by the department, that, during the two-year period immediately prior to applying for the school bus endorsement, the applicant: Held a valid commercial driver’s license with a passenger endorsement to operate a school bus representative of the group the applicant will be operating; Has not had the applicant’s operator’s license or commercial driver’s license suspended, revoked, or cancelled or been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle; Has not been convicted of any offense that would require disqualification under Section 63-1-216 or 49 CFR, Part 383.51(b); Has not had more than one (1) conviction for a serious traffic violation while operating any type of motor vehicle; Has not had any conviction for a violation of state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, arising in connection with any traffic accident; Has not been convicted of any motor vehicle traffic violation that resulted in an accident; and Has been regularly employed as a school bus driver and provides evidence of such employment.