Policy
Board of Education Transportation Routes
& Services
TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES
The Board of Education
directs the Superintendent or designee to supervise development of bus routes
to provide transportation for:
A. Pupils who live
remote from the school as defined by
B. Educationally
disabled pupils in accordance with their IEP;
C. Pupils
participating in Board‑approved extracurricular activities or field
trips;
D. Pupils whose
route to the school is deemed hazardous by the Board;
E. Other pupils as
required by law.
Considerations to be used in
designing routes and assigning pupils to them shall include:
A. The distance to
be traveled to and from school;
B. The
age and state of health of the child;
C. The
requirements of the instructional program;
D. The
hazards involved on the route to be traveled.
The board may charge
parents/guardians for transporting pupils who live within statutory
limits. The charge shall include, but
not be limited to the cost of fuel, driver salaries and insurance.
Transportation to and from school shall be provided
as required by law to eligible nonpublic school pupils and to pupils attending
charter schools. All pupils riding on
district buses shall be required to observe the district's bus conduct
regulations or risk loss of the privilege of such transportation.
Buses, whether contracted or
district-owned, shall be kept in good working condition and shall conform to
all state safety regulations.
Bus routes must be acted upon by the
Board and submitted to the county office.
Transportation
Along Hazardous Roads
The Chester Board of Education is concerned with the
safety of students who walk to and from school along roadways determined to be
hazardous. The Superintendent shall work
in conjunction with municipal officials and safety professionals to determine
the criteria necessary for the classification of a hazardous road and shall
maintain a list of all hazardous roads in the district. The Superintendent shall develop rules and
regulations to supply transportation for students who must walk to and from
school along roads designated by the
A.
Population
density;
B. Traffic
volume;
C. Average
vehicle velocity;
D. Existence
or absence of sufficient sidewalk space;
E. Roads
and highways that are winding or have blind curves;
F. Roads
or highways with steep inclines and declines;
G. Drop-offs
that are close proximity to a sidewalk
H. Bridges
or overpasses that must be crossed to reach the school;
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TRANSPORTATION ROUTES AND SERVICES POLICY 3541.1
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I. Train
tracks or trestles that must be crossed to reach the school;
J Busy
roads and highways that must be crossed to reach the school.
Students who would otherwise be required to walk to
and from school along roads designated as hazardous shall be included in the
calculation of the district’s regular vehicle capacity utilization.
Date Revised:
Date Revised:
Date:
Legal
References: N.J.S.A. 18A:7F-25 Transportation
aid
N.J.S.A.
18A:22-8.6 Transportation
(budget line item)
N.J.S.A.
18A:36A-13 Transportation services (charter schools)
N.J.S.A. 18A:39-1 et seq. Transportation To and From Schools
See
particularly:
N.J.S.A. 18A:39-1.2
through -1.4, -1.5, -1.6, -1,7
N.J.S.A. 18A:46‑19.6 Transportation to location or maintenance of vehicular
classrooms
to obtain services; payment of cost
N.J.S.A. 18A:46-23 Transportation
of pupils; special classes; handicapped children; state aid
N.J.S.A. 39:3‑10.9 et al.
N.J.S.A. 39:3‑27 Free
registration of certain vehicles; transfer to other motor vehicles
N.J.A.C. 6A:27-1.1et seq. Student Transportation
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 6A:27-1.1(b), -2.1,
-3.1, -5.1, -6.2, -6.3, -6.4,
-9.1(e), -11.1, -13.3
N.J.A.C. 6A:30-1.1 et seq. Evaluation of the Performance of
Parents
for Student Safety, Inc., v. Morris Bd.
of Ed., 1986 S.L.D. (February 5), St. Bd.
rev'g
1984 S.L.D. (August 24), aff'd App. Div., unreported decision (docket
no. A-3257-
85-T7,
decided
Wayne
Board of Education v. Kraft et al., 139 NJ
597 (1995)
Policies
and Procedures Manual for Pupil Transportation,
N.J. State Department of
Education
Manual
for the Evaluation of Local School Districts
(August 2000)
Cross
References: 3220/3230 State funds; federal funds
3516 Safety
3541.31 Privately owned vehicles
3541.33 Transportation safety
4211
Recruitment, selection and
hiring
5200 Nonpublic school pupils
6145 Extracurricular activities
6153
Field
trips
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