Adoption Date: 7/19/1994, Revised: 6/20/2000; 1/20/04, 3/21/06
5000 - NON-INSTRUCTIONAL/BUSINESS OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTATION
5730 TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS
Requests for Transportation to and from Non-Public Schools
The
parent or person in parental relation of a parochial or private school
child residing in the School District who desires that the child be
transported to a parochial or private school outside of the School
District during the next school year should submit a written request to
the Board of Education no later than April 1 of the preceding year, or
within thirty (30) days of moving into the District. No late request of a
parent or person in parental relation shall be denied where a
reasonable explanation is provided for the delay.
Transportation of Students with Disabilities
Students
with disabilities in the District shall be transported up to fifty (50)
miles (one way) from their home to the appropriate special service or
program, unless the Commissioner certifies that no appropriate
nonresidential special service or program is available within fifty (50)
miles. The Commissioner may then establish transportation arrangements.
Student Information
Any
mode of transportation used on a regular basis to transport students
with a disability on a regularly scheduled route shall, upon written
consent of the parent or person in parental relation, have maintained on
such mode of transportation the following information about each
student being transported:
a) Student's name;
b) Nature of the student's disability;
c)
Name of the student's parent, guardian or person in a position of loco
parentis (person in parental relation) and one or more telephone numbers
where such person can be reached in an emergency; and/or
d)
Name and telephone number of any other person designated by such parent,
guardian or person in a position of loco parentis as a person who can
be contacted in an emergency.
Such information shall be used
solely for the purpose of contacting such student's parent, guardian,
person in a position of loco parentis, or designee in the event of an
emergency involving the student, shall be kept in a manner which retains
the privacy of the student, and shall not be accessible to any person
other than the driver or a teacher acting in a supervisory capacity. In
the event that the driver or teacher is incapacitated, such information
may be accessed by any emergency service provider for such purpose.
Such
information shall be updated as needed, but at least once each school
year and shall be destroyed if parental consent is revoked, the student
no longer attends such school, or the disability no longer exists.
Herein
the term "disability" shall mean a physical or mental impairment that
substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of the
student, whether of a temporary or permanent nature.
Fire Extinguishers
School
buses manufactured on or after January 1, 1990 fueled with other than
diesel fuel and used to transport three (3) or more students who use
wheelchairs or other assistive mobility devices or with a total capacity
of more than eight (8) passengers and used to transport such students
shall be equipped with an automatic engine fire extinguishing system.
School
buses manufactured on or after September 1, 2007 fueled with diesel
fuel and used to transport three (3) or more students who use
wheelchairs or other assistive mobility devices or with a total capacity
of more than eight (8) passengers used to transport such students shall
be equipped with an automatic engine fire extinguishing system.
The
purchase of automatic engine fire extinguishing systems for school
buses used to transport such students shall be deemed a proper school
district expense.
Transportation of Non-Resident Students
Non-resident families must provide their own transportation.
Transportation to School Sponsored Events
Where
the District has provided transportation to students enrolled in the
District to a school sponsored field trip, extracurricular activity or
any other similar event, it shall provide transportation back to either
the point of departure or to the appropriate school in the District
unless the parent or legal guardian of a student participating in such
event has provided the District with written notice, consistent with
District policy, authorizing an alternative form of return
transportation for such student or unless intervening circumstances make
such transportation impractical. In cases where intervening
circumstances make transportation of a student back to the point of
departure or to the appropriate school in the District impractical, a
representative of the School District shall remain with the student
until such student's parent or legal guardian has been contacted and
informed of the intervening circumstances which make such transportation
impractical; and the student has been delivered to his/her parent or
legal guardian.
Transportation in Personal Vehicles
Personal
cars of teachers and staff shall not be used to transport students
except in the event of extenuating circumstances and authorized by the
administration.
Policy References:
Education Law Sections 1604, 1709, 1804, 1903, 1950,2503, 2554, 2590-e, 3621(15), 3623-a(2c), 3635, 4401(4), 4404 and 4405
Vehicle and Traffic Law Section 375(20)(1) and 375(21-i)
Policy Cross References:
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