Opinion No.

The Honorable Gene Roebuck State Senator P.O. Box 1696 Jonesboro, Arkansas 72403-1696

Dear Senator Roebuck:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether school boards can charter private buses that are not yellow for special event charters.

RESPONSE

It is my opinion, assuming your question refers to a one-time charter, that the answer to this question is "yes."

You have enclosed copies of two letters you have received in this regard which indicate that the question you pose was prompted by my issuance of Op. Att'y Gen. 99-122. Two questions were posed in that Opinion. The first…