(a) "School Bus" is defined in Wyoming Statute 31-5-102 as "Every motor vehicle that complies with the color and identification requirements set forth in the most recent edition of Minimum Standards for School Buses and is used to transport children to or from school but not including buses operated by common carriers in urban transportation of school children," The vehicle is also used for activity and field trips, - (i) Type A school bus is a conversionbus constructed utilizing a cutaway front section vehicle with a left side driver's door. This definition includes two classifications: Type A-1, with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of 14,500 pounds or less; and Type A-2, with a GVWR greater than 14,500 and less than or equal to 21,500 pounds.
- (ii) "Type 'B' school bus" is a conversion or body constructed and installed upon a van or front section vehicle chassis, or stripped chassis, with a GVWR of more than 14,001 pounds, designed for carrying more than 10 persons. Part of the engine is beneath and/or behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat. The entrance door is behind the front wheels.
- (iii) "Type 'C' school bus" is a body installed upon a flat-back cowl chassis with GVWR of more than 14,001 pounds, designed for carrying more than 10 persons. The entire engine is in front of the windshield and the entrance door is behind the front wheels.
- (iv) "Type 'D' school bus" is a body installed upon a chassis, with the engine mounted in the front, midship, or rear with a GVWR of more than 14,001 pounds, designed for carrying more than 10 persons. The engine may be behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat; it may be at the rear of the bus, behind the rear wheels; or midship between the front and rear axles. The entrance door is ahead of the front wheels.
- (v) "Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle" (MPV) means every motor vehicle with less than ten passenger positions (including the driver) and that cannot be certified as a bus or school bus by federal standards, (In deterinining passenger capacity, wheelchair positions are counted as 4 passenger positions.) Although a school entity may use such a vehicle as a station wagon, full-sized sedan, suburban, etc., to transport pupils to and from school or related events, the vehicle shall not be identified as a school bus (including color) and shall not stop or control traffic on the traveled portion of the roadway to load or unload passengers. Drivers of such vehicles shall utilize the same precautions to safeguard the safety of their passengers as they would if they were driving a privately owned passenger vehicle. See Section 9, Multipurpose Passenger Vehicle, for additional requirements.