EEAE School Bus Safety Program

EEAE

SCHOOL BUS SAFETY PROGRAM

The safety and welfare of student riders will be the first consideration in all matters pertaining to transportation. Safety precautions will include the following:

  1. The contractor will ensure that the children will be instructed as to the proper procedure for boarding and exiting from a school bus and in proper and safe conduct while aboard.

  2. The contractor will ensure that the emergency evacuation drills will be conducted at least twice a year to acquaint student riders with procedures in emergency situations.

  3. The contractor will ensure that all vehicles used to transport children will be inspected periodically for conformance with state and federal safety requirements.

  4. The District will ensure that classroom instruction on school bus safety will be provided.

The Superintendent shall be responsible for implementation of this policy.

SOURCE: MASC

LEGAL REFS.: M.G.L. 90:7b as amended by Ch. 246 Acts of 1986

M.G.L. 90:1 et seq.; 713:2; 713:7L

Highway Safety Program Standard No. 17

First Reading: 09/12/06 Second Reading: Waived ADOPTED: 09/26/06 Reviewed: 09/15/15