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Type B School Bus
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Type "B" school buses are also small school buses which are frequently utilized for special education and field trip transportation.  A "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 gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, designed for carrying more than ten persons.  Part of the engine is beneath or behind the windshield and beside the driver's seat.  The entrance door is behind the front wheels.



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