Series 3000: Business/Non-Instructional Operations

3541 Transportation

The Board of Education will provide transportation, under provisions of state law and regulation, under contract, for all students who qualify for such service, except in those instances wherein the services may be provided more economically by other means.

The Superintendent of Schools shall administer the operation so as to:

1. Provide for maximum safety of students.

2. Supplement and reinforce desirable student behavior patterns.

3. Assist handicapped students appropriately.

4. Enrich the instructional program through carefully planned field trips as recommended by the staff.

Transportation by private carrier may be provided whenever such practice is more economical than using school district-owned facilities. Parents may be reimbursed for transportation of eligible students whenever such practice is more economical or convenient.

Federal Compliance

Transportation will be provided for homeless students to and from the school of origin as required by the No Child Left Behind Act. These services shall be provided throughout the regularly scheduled school year and day as determined by the Board.

Transportation will be provided for an eligible student who attends a district school out of the student’s attendance area because his/her home school has been identified as in need of improvement, or the student is a victim of a violent criminal offense occurring in or on the grounds of the school the student attends or the student attends a school identified as persistently dangerous.

Transportation may be provided to eligible students who transfer from a district school to an out-ofdistrict school under a cooperative agreement because their home school has been identified as in need of improvement under the No Child Left Behind Act.

Legal Reference:  Connecticut General Statutes

10-186 Duties of local and regional boards of education

10-220 Duties of boards of education

14-275 Equipment and color of school buses

14-275a Use of standard school bus required, when.

3541(b)

Legal Reference:  Connecticut General Statutes (continued)

14-275b Transportation of handicapped students.

14-275c Regulations re school buses and motor vehicles used to transport special education students.

14-276a (c) Town/school district may require its school bus operators to have completed a safety training course.

14-280 Letters and signals to be concealed when not used in transporting children. Signs on other vehicles.

20 U.S.C. NCLB Act of 2001, P.L. 107-110, Title I, Section 1116

McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act of 2001, P.L. 107- 110, 42 U.S.C., Sections 11431-11435

Policy adopted:  October 19, 2015  THOMASTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS Thomaston, Connecticut