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STUDENT TRANSPORTATION

The Board of Education affirms its responsibility to provide a reasonably safe and economical transportation system for district students. Transportation shall be provided at district expense to those students who are eligible as authorized by the Board.

The major objectives in the management of the student transportation program shall include the following:

1. to provide efficient, effective and safe service;

2. to ensure that all students whose handicap or distance from school requires them to receive necessary transportation do, in fact, receive it;

3. to adapt the system to the demands of the instructional program;

4. to maintain transportation vehicles in the best possible physical condition;

5. to review at least once a year school bus schedules and routing plans to ensure that maximum efficiency and safety are maintained; and

6. to review at least once a year the eligibility for transportation of students residing in the district, to ensure that all entitled to the services receive them.

The Superintendent of Schools shall be responsible for administering the transportation program. The student transportation program shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and policies established by federal, state and local authorities.

Cross-ref: 5320, Student Conduct on School Buses

Ref: Education Law §§305(14); 1807; 3602(7); 3635 et seq.

Matter of Handicapped Child, 24 EDR 41

Matter of Zakrezewski, 22 EDR 391

Matter of Nowak, 22 EDR 91

Matter of Fox, 19 EDR 439

Adoption date: January 1, 1993