Number: 810
Section: Operations
Title: Transportation
Date Adopted: February 12, 1979
Date Revised: April 13, 1992

Purpose
Transportation shall be provided in accordance with law and the following guidelines except that: elementary students residing more than one mile from school, middle school students residing more than one and one-half miles from school, high school students residing more than two miles from school, and kindergarten.

Authority
The Board shall purchase, equip and maintain vehicles, contract for school bus services, utilize common carrier or municipally owned transit system and contract for private automobile services for the transportation of students to and from school at regularly scheduled hours and for the transportation of students on field trips and athletic trips.The Board will also provide transportation for students living within the limits of this policy when the walking conditions to the school are found to be hazardous by the Department of Transportation.The Board will transport handicapped children without regard to distance or hazardous walking conditions.

The Board authorizes the Superintendent to transport additional students who are not eligible for transportation on the following basis:

1. Space available

2. No change in the current scheduled times

3. No change in the existing bus routes

4. In the event an eligible bus rider subsequently applies the privilege will be revoked as determined by the Superintendent

The school bus driver shall be responsible for the discipline of students while they are being transported to or from school. A student may be suspended from bus transportation by the principal for disciplinary reasons, in which case the parents are responsible for the pupil's transportation.

Delegation of Responsibility

The Superintendent shall:

1. have prepared a map of the district indicating each bus stop and bus route or prepared a schedule of bus stops and an itinerary of bus routes to be used in conjunction with a district map

2. maintain such records and make such reports regarding school transportation as are required by the State Board of Education

3. promulgate rules governing student conduct during transport to and from school; such rules shall be binding on all students transported by the Board