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The District will provide a safe and economical transportation system, at District expense for those students who are eligible as authorized by the Board.

The voters of the District may authorize transportation of District children to schools they legally attend for lessor or great distances than that required by the Education Law. This policy will be implemented on a uniform basis and apply to District children attending public, and nonpublic schools.

Under the administrative direction of the Superintendent, the Assistant Superintendent for Business and Director of Transportation shall develop and administer a total school transportation system which shall include transporting students to and from school, on their designated school days, and providing transportation for field trips and other trips which support the curriculum and/or extracurricular program.  The transportation system shall be operated so as to be efficient and economical with the safety and welfare of the student riders as a prime consideration. The program shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and policies established by federal, state and local authorities.

The District is responsible for the safety of the children from the time they board the bus until the time they are discharged from the bus. It is the parent's responsibility to provide for the safety of the children at the bus stops prior to the child boarding the bus in the morning and after the child is discharged in the afternoon. 

Ref:

Education Law §§305(14); 1501-b; 1807; 3602(7); 3623; 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: December 1, 1995

Amended date: April 29, 2008

Amended date: September 14, 2020