__CBE Transportation Department Policies and Procedures __________ County Board of Education Transportation Department 7/31/14 702 KAR 5:030. Pupil transportation. RELATES TO: KRS 156.160, 189.540, 281.605, 49 C.F.R. 382.101-382.605 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 156.070, 156.160, 189.540, 49 C.F.R. 382.101-382.605 NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.160 and 189.540 require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the safety of public school children, the transportation of children to and from school, and the operation of school buses. This administrative regulation provides the local board, the district superintendent, and principal with standards necessary to assist in administering the district's pupil transportation programs and to assure the safe operation of school buses and discipline. Section 1. A school district superintendent be responsible for the safe operation and general supervision of the district's pupil transportation program. The superintendent may designate another employee or other employees of the board to assist in carrying out this responsibility. Section 2. The superintendent shall require that a safety inspection be made on each school bus owned and operated by the board or contracted to the board at least once each month that the district's schools are in session. This inspection shall be made by a state approved inspector. If, upon inspection, a school bus is found to be in unsafe operating condition, the superintendent shall withhold the bus from operation until the required repairs are made. The superintendent shall keep the records of the bus safety inspections on file. Section 3. The superintendent shall make reports annually to the Department of Education on all school bus accidents that occurred during the year. Accidents involving serious student injury or fatality or failure of safety equipment shall be reported to KDE immediately. KDE shall then distribute this information to all districts.
__CBE Transportation Department Policies and Procedures __________ County Board of Education Transportation Department 7/31/14 702 KAR 5:030. Pupil transportation. RELATES TO: KRS 156.160, 189.540, 281.605, 49 C.F.R. 382.101-382.605 STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 156.070, 156.160, 189.540, 49 C.F.R. 382.101-382.605 NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.160 and 189.540 require the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the safety of public school children, the transportation of children to and from school, and the operation of school buses. This administrative regulation provides the local board, the district superintendent, and principal with standards necessary to assist in administering the district's pupil transportation programs and to assure the safe operation of school buses and discipline. Section 1. A school district superintendent be responsible for the safe operation and general supervision of the district's pupil transportation program. The superintendent may designate another employee or other employees of the board to assist in carrying out this responsibility. Section 2. The superintendent shall require that a safety inspection be made on each school bus owned and operated by the board or contracted to the board at least once each month that the district's schools are in session. This inspection shall be made by a state approved inspector. If, upon inspection, a school bus is found to be in unsafe operating condition, the superintendent shall withhold the bus from operation until the required repairs are made. The superintendent shall keep the records of the bus safety inspections on file. Section 3. The superintendent shall make reports annually to the Department of Education on all school bus accidents that occurred during the year. Accidents involving serious student injury or fatality or failure of safety equipment shall be reported to KDE immediately. KDE shall then distribute this information to all districts.
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