RELATES TO:
KRS
156.160,
157.226,
157.3175,
189.540
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS 156.150 requires the
Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) to promulgate administrative regulations
regarding the transportation of children to and from school.
KRS
189.540 requires the KBE to promulgate
administrative regulations to govern the design and operation of Kentucky
school buses. This administrative regulation provides school districts with
guidelines necessary to provide transportation for preschool children.
Section 1.
(1) A local board of education shall require
each school bus transporting three (3) and four (4) year old children to be
staffed with a minimum of one (1) driver assistant who is qualified and trained
to assist in the transportation of three (3) and four (4) year old children by
a certified local board of education school bus driver training instructor. If
the driver assistant is not a volunteer and is to receive pay or other
remuneration for serving as a driver assistant or school bus monitor, the
employed driver assistant shall be at least sixteen (16) years of
age.
(2) The driver training
instructor shall qualify the driver assistant with training in student entrance
of bus, student exiting from bus, safety rules of transportation, first aid as
it pertains to emergency and immediate care, emergency evacuation, and student
management as it relates to seated positions and seat occupancy.
(3) The Division of Pupil Transportation of
the Department of Education shall provide the curriculum for driver assistant
training.
(4) The number of
assistants required for any one (1) school bus shall be recommended to the
superintendent by the driver training instructor or the transportation
director.
(5) Liability insurance
shall be provided for the driver assistant as a named insured.
Section 2. It shall be
the responsibility of the parent, guardian, or person authorized by the parent
of a preschool child to provide safe supervision to and from the bus stop and
delivery to and receipt from the driver assistant.
Section 3.
(1) A driver assistant shall be responsible
to deliver and receive the child safely to and from the parent, guardian or
person authorized by the parent in writing. Three (3) and four (4) year old
children who cross a roadway shall be escorted by the driver
assistant.
(2) A three (3) or four
(4) year old child shall not be left unattended at the time of
delivery.
(3) If the parent,
guardian or a person authorized by the parent to accept the child is not
present upon delivery, the child shall be taken to a prearranged
location.
