Article 2. Schoolbuses of California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 49. >> Chapter 7. >> Article 2.

A schoolbus is any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of any school pupil at or below the 12th-grade level to or from a public or private school or to or from public or private school activities. The governing board of a district maintaining a community college may, by resolution, designate any motor vehicle operated by or for the district, a schoolbus within the meaning of this section, if it is primarily used for the transportation of community college students to or from a public community college or to or from public community college activities. The designation shall not be effective until written notification thereof has been filed with the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 82321, a motor vehicle is not a schoolbus if it is operated for the purpose of transporting any pupil to or from a community college or to or from activities at that college, irrespective of the age of the pupil or the grade level of the pupil, if the pupil is a current enrollee in classes of the college providing the transportation.
  (b) A driver of a motor vehicle that meets the criteria established by subdivision (a) shall escort pupils as required by paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 22112 of the Vehicle Code and shall meet the requirements of Section 12517 of the Vehicle Code.
  (c) This section shall apply to a community college district that includes within its boundaries one or more counties, each of which has a population of 250,000 or less.