(a) This subchapter is applicable to all school districts and county transportation systems that own, operate, rent, contract or lease school buses and those commercial transportation companies which contract with a public school or county transportation system to transport public school students in school buses.
(b) In this subchapter, the term "school district" also means an open enrollment charter school authorized by the Texas Education Code, Chapter 12, Subchapters D and E that is providing transportation according to Texas Education Code, §34.003.
(c) A private school, defined as a non-profit entity that provides elementary or secondary education that incorporates an adopted curriculum designed to meet basic educational goals and which conducts formal reviews and documentation of student progress, must only comply with §14.52 of this title (relating to Texas School Bus Specifications) and §14.53 of this title (relating to Purchases of Used School Buses) as applicable.

Source Note: The provisions of this §14.51 adopted to be effective March 18, 2009, 34 TexReg 1879