The Board of Education recognizes that transportation for qualified students is required for the promotion of education by convenient access, the safeguarding of children, and the partial equalization of inequities among the students which may have been caused by the geographic location of school facilities.

The Board shall provide transportation for students attending public schools and St. Raphael School in Bay Village located within the following mileage initiating:

The Board shall not be required to transport students to a nonpublic school where such transportation requires more than thirty (30) minutes of direct travel time as measured by a school bus. The Board must consider availability of buses, number of students attending school, and distance from the school in determining the necessity of transportation and need not provide transportation for nonpublic school students when in the judgment of the Board, and confirmed by the State Board of Education, if necessary, such transportation is unnecessary or unreasonable. Where it is impractical to transport a student by public conveyance, the Board may, in lieu of providing such transportation, pay a parent, guardian, or other person in charge of such child, an amount per student which shall in no event exceed the average transportation cost per student in Ohio during the year next preceding.

Transportation shall not be provided for high school students except that the Board may at times enter into arrangements with public transportation agencies for fare support from eligible public and non-public high school students residing more than one (1) mile from the school of attendance.

Children assigned to special education classes will be provided transportation in accordance with standards adopted by the State Board of Education.

The most expeditious, safe, and economical method of transportation via Board-owned vehicles will be adopted.

Children who are mentally or physically disabled and regularly attend classes in another school district to which they are assigned by the Superintendent, shall be provided transportation to and from such classes at Board expense. This does not include children officially designated as uneducable and who are under the jurisdiction of the County Welfare Department.

Bus routes shall be so established that:

Time schedules shall be established for all bus routes so that the normal arrival at the designated school is between five (5) and fifteen (15) minutes prior to the established starting time.

Bus stops will be established at convenient intervals in places where students may get on and off buses, cross highways, and await arrivals of buses with the utmost safety permitted by highway conditions. The number of bus stops on each trip will be limited, consistent with the policy stated as to the service, so as to enable buses to maintain reasonable travel time.

The principal is responsible for establishing safe, efficient procedures for the loading and unloading of students on school grounds, and the supervision of such.

The school bus driver is responsible for the supervision of students utilizing the transportation services while they are on the bus.

The Superintendent shall:

R.C. 3319.41, 3313.66, 3327.01 et seq., 4511.01(F), 4511.75 et seq.
A.C. 3301-83-01 et seq., 3301-83-08, 3301-51-10