Hart-Ransom Union SD | AR 3541.1 Business and Noninstructional Operations
Transportation For School-Related Trips
The district may provide transportation for students, employees, and other individuals for field trips and other school-related trips approved according to Board policy and administrative regulation.
(cf. 3312.2 - Educational Travel Program Contracts)
(cf. 3540 - Transportation)
(cf. 3541 - Transportation Routes and Services)
(cf. 6153 - School-Sponsored Trips)
The Superintendent or designee shall determine the most appropriate and cost-effective mode of transportation for each approved trip. He/she may authorize the use of district vehicles, contract to provide transportation, or arrange transportation by the use of other vehicles.
The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the district or contractor has sufficient liability insurance for transportation on school-related trips.
(cf. 3530 - Risk Management/Insurance)
When district transportation is provided, students may be released from using district transportation only with the advance written permission of their parents/guardians.
School-related organizations requesting transportation shall be fully responsible for the costs of their trips unless funding has been approved by the Board of Trustees.
(cf. 1230 - School-Connected Organizations)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
35330 Excursions and field trips
35332 Transportation by air
39830 School bus
39830.1 School pupil activity bus
39860 Transportation to special activities by district
44808 Liability when students not on school property
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
118947-118949 Prohibition against smoking in motor vehicle with minor
PUBLIC UTILITIES CODE
5384.2 District not liable for charter-party carrier
VEHICLE CODE
545 School bus, definition
12814.6 Limitations of provisional driver's license
27315 Mandatory use of seat belts in private passenger vehicles
27360-27360.5 Child passenger restraint systems
27363 Child passenger restraint systems, exemptions
Management Resources:
WEB SITES
California Department of Motor Vehicles: http://www.dmv.ca.gov
California Highway Patrol: http://www.chp.ca.gov
California Office of Traffic Safety: http://www.ots.ca.gov
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov
Regulation HART-RANSOM UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT
approved: January 14, 2016 Modesto, California