# Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-177: School buses; regulations; decals, posters, and stickers; type; sale and transfer > Virginia · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VA_T22.1_C12_A1_S22.1-177 ## Section - **Citation:** Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-177 - **Heading:** School buses; regulations; decals, posters, and stickers; type; sale and transfer - **Jurisdiction:** Virginia - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Virginia Code / Title 22.1 / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 22.1-177 ## Text A. The Board may make regulations relating to the construction, design, operation, equipment, and color of public school buses and shall have the authority to issue an order prohibiting the operation on public streets and highways of any public school bus that does not comply with such regulations. Any such order shall be enforced by the Department of State Police. B. Local school boards may, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, display (i) decals (a) depicting the flag of the United States on the sides and rear of school buses as long as any such decal is no larger than 100 square inches or (b) relating to school bus safety and (ii) decals, posters, and stickers on the sides and rear of school buses advertising the hiring of school bus drivers in the local school division. Local school boards shall be responsible for the cost of such decals, posters, and stickers. No such decal, poster, or sticker shall obstruct the name of the school division or the number of the school bus. C. No regulation of the Board shall unreasonably limit the authority of any local school division to purchase and use school buses using compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels or convert its school buses to use compressed natural gas or other alternative fuels. D. Any local school board may, notwithstanding any regulation to the contrary, sell or transfer any of its school buses to another school division or purchase a used school bus from another school division or a school bus dealer as long as the school bus (i) conforms to the specifications relating to construction and design effective in the Commonwealth on the date of manufacture; (ii) has a valid Virginia State Police inspection; and (iii) has not reached the end of its useful life according to the school bus replacement schedule utilized by the Department as required by the general appropriation act. Code 1950, § 22-276; 1958, c. 274; 1980, c. 559; 1991, c. 191; 2003, c. 162 ; 2007, c. 104 ; 2013, c. 778 ; 2015, c. 559 ; 2025, c. 158 . ## Nearby sections - [Va. Code Ann. § 22.1-176 Transportation of pupils authorized; when fee may be charged; contributions; regulations of Board of Education](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_VA_T22.1_C12_A1_S22.1-176.md) - [Va. 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