Pupil Transportation

NYSED / P-12: EMSC / SOMS / Pupil Transportation Services / Transportation Director

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Transportation Director

09/05/08- Consultants- Approval for Transportation Aid

06/20/06 - 2006 District Safety Review(5.39MB) is available for those who wish to get an early start in completing the self assessment.

05/19/06 - Requirements for Student School Bus Safety Drills. School districts are required to conduct training and three (3) safety drills for all students at prescribed times during each school year. The superintendent certifies to SED that the instruction and drills have been conducted for all pupils.

03/16/06 - NOTICE - Please submit Accident Report for School Vehicles Transporting Pupils/Teachers/Supervisors; forms (MV-104F) directly to the Pupil Transportation Safety Institute, Inc. 224 Harrison Street, Suite 300 , Syracuse, New York 13202.

01/06/06 - Parent Waiving Right to Pupil Transportation   A school district may not request that parents voluntarily sign a waiver of their right to pupil transportation services for their eligible children.   You may not waive what you have a right to under the law.  Even if a parent should sign such a document, the school district would still be bound by Education Law section 3635 and be required to provide pupil transportation on any school day that the child is present at the bus stop or school and requesting transportation service.

• Advanced Course for School Bus Drivers - Listed By County (6.78KB)

• Application for Approval of Bus Purchase for Purposes of State Aid [ SA-16]   (124KB)

• Application For Approval Of The Purchase Of Computerized Bus Routing Services

• Article 19-A Forms For Motor Carriers Who Employee Bus Drivers - NYS Department of Motor Vehicles

• Article 19-A Information Packet - NYS Department of Motor Vehicles

• Basic Course for Monitors and Attendants - Listed By County (21KB)

• Basic Course for School Bus Drivers - Listed By County (6.8)

• Childcare Transportation May Not Be Limited to One Location/Five Days a Week

• Clean Air School Bus Program (NYSERDA) New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.

• Clean School Bus USA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Clean Diesel  Campaign

• Contracts 101- Effective Contracting Pupil Transportation- Nov 2008 ASBO (78KB)

• Cooperative Transportation Bids

• Department Approval Required for Computer Equip/Routing, Two-Way Radios, etc.

• Economical and Efficient Practices For Pupil Transportation

• Field Trip Guidelines - Using Coach Buses

• Homeless Transportation -- Part 100.2(x) – Commissioner’s Regulations

• Leasing Of School Buses

• Leasing Of School Bus Check List (19KB)

• Leasing of School Facilities and Buildings - Education Law section 403-b

• Love The Bus- How To Guide- December 2008 (1.36MB)

• Monitor & Attendant Qualifications and Training Requirements

• New Federal Rules have been issued concerning seat belts on School Buses

• New Jersey 2006 Study - Useful Life of a School Bus

• New York City Department of Education - Transportation  Website

• NYS Bus Safety Information Network (BUSNET)

• NYS Department of Transportation Bus & Passenger Vehicle Regulations (401.KB)

• Occasional Driver

• Policy For NYSED's Response To A Pupil Transportation Fatality

• Prohibition of Commercialism on School Buses (39KB) 

• Pupil Transportation Contracts awarded thru an RFP

• Pupil Transportation During a Contingency Budget

• Purchase of Replacement Buses Due to Loss (Chapter 818)

• Reporting Suspicious Activity - Revised School Bus Watch Program

• School Bus Idling Reduction Project  - PON 1158 Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties (NYSERDA Website)

• School Bus Safety Assurance Program - Recall Listing (NHTSA) Link

• School Bus Transportation  (NYS DOT)

• Shared Services Contracts

• Standing Passengers Prohibited [Ed Law 3635-c]

• Temporary Waiver for 19A Examiners to Administer Physical Performance Test (PT 800)(100KB)

• The Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991   (United States Department of Transportation)

• The School Bus Idling Reduction Project  - PON 1158 Westchester, Putnam, and Dutchess Counties (NYSERDA Website)

• Transportation on Optional Holidays

Last Updated: May 26, 2009