Interpretation ID: aiam2676
Koons Leasing Inc.
30 Hillwood Avenue
Falls Church
VA 22046;
Dear Ms. Burnette: This responds to your September 12, 1977, telephone request to Roge Tilton of my staff concerning the applicability of the new Federal school bus safety standards to buses used to transport children to and from day care centers.; The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ha previously determined that day care center operators may not have been aware that their buses would fall within the ambit of the new standards. Therefore, the NHTSA has temporarily exempted these buses from the requirements. The agency is considering, however, extension of the standards to buses operated by these facilities. I am enclosing a letter in which the agency has detailed its reasons for the temporary exclusion of day care center buses from the new school bus safety standards.; Sincerely, Joseph J. Levin, Jr., Chief Counsel