The Board of Education policy regarding fulfillment of its obligation to provide transportation to students within the District is defined in Policy 8600 and AG 8600. State law requires that the District take certain measures to ensure the competence of those operating the buses to assure student safety.

The owner or lessee of all privately owned motor vehicles shall be under written contract with the Board of the District for which such transportation is provided. The contract must specify that the owner or lessee is obligated to perform any action necessary to fulfill its obligation under Wis. Stats. Section 121.555.

All contracts for bus services, either between the District and its employees or between the District and a private entity contracted for the purpose of providing transportation services must be in the form prescribed by the Department of Transportation and specify that all parties to the contract are at all times subject to the rules adopted by the Secretary of Transportation under Wis. Stats. 110.06(2) and by the Department.

All contracts for transportation services between the District and a private entity shall contain provisions requiring that the owner or lessee of the privately owned motor vehicles assure that all operators of said vehicles are subject to drug testing in accordance with U.S. Department of Transportation regulation. The contract shall require that the owner or lessee provide the District with its drug testing policy for approval.

All drivers of motor vehicles owned by the District and used for transportation of students shall be under written contract with the Board.

All operators of motor vehicles owned by the District and used for transportation of students shall be subject to the provisions of 121.555, Wis. Stats. (See Policy 4124).

110.06, 121.52, 121.555, Wis. Stats.
49 C.F.R. Chapter 40