Ohio Pupil Transportation - OCECD

Ohio Pupil Transportation

OPERATION AND SAFETY RULES

25 S. Front Street

Columbus, OH 43215

(877) 644-6338

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Effective Date July 2013

10/1/13 8:36 AM

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OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

OHIO PUPIL TRANSPORTATION OPERATION AND SAFETY RULES

Table of Contents

3301-83-03 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

3301-83-04 Scope and definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

3301-83-05 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

3301-83-06 Personnel qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

3301-83-07 School transportation driver physical qualifications rule . . . . . . 7

3301-83-08 Pupil transportation management policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

3301-83-09 Pupil instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3301-83-10 Personnel training program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3301-83-11 School bus inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3301-83-12 Safety procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

3301-83-13 School bus routes and stops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3301-83-14 Records and reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

3301-83-15 Emergency and evacuation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3301-83-16 Non-routine use of school buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

3301-83-17 Authorized and unauthorized passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

3301-83-18 Passenger capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3301-83-19 Authorized vehicles for transportation of pupils

to and from school and school-related events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

3301-83-20 General rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

3301-83-21 Supplementary provisions for county boards of

developmental disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

3301-83-22 Vehicle maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

3301-83-23 Employment of school bus and school van drivers with certain

criminal convictions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

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3301-51-10 Transportation of children with disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Laws

¡ì 3314.091 [Effective until 7/1/2014] Transportation of native students

provided by community

school - agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

¡ì 3314.091 [Effective 7/1/2014] Transportation of native students provided

by community school - agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

¡ì 3314.092 Consultation with board regarding changes in schedule . . . . . . 69

¡ì 3327.01 Transportation of pupils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

¡ì 3327.02 [Effective until 7/1/2014] Resolution declaring impracticality of

transportation - offer of payment in lieu of transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

¡ì 3327.02 [Effective 7/1/2014]Resolution declaring impracticality of

transportation - offer of payment in lieu of transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

¡ì 3327.10 Qualifications of drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

¡ì 4511.01 (F) Traffic laws - operation of motor vehicles definitions . . . . . . . 80

¡ì 4511.75 Stopping for stopped school bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

¡ì 4511.76 Administrative rules for school bus construction, design,

equipment, operation and licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

¡ì 4511.761 School bus inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

¡ì 4511.62 Stopping at railroad grade crossings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

¡ì 4511.63 Stopping at grade crossings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Standards for Employment of School Bus and School

Van Drivers with Criminal Charges and Convictions

Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Raising the ethical standards in Ohio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Standards used for different roles in pupil transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Criminal background checks for bus and van drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Requirements for when to complete background checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

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List of disqualifying offenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Eligibility for re-employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

R.C. 3319.39 Criminal records check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

R.C. 3319.40 Suspension of employee pending criminal actions . . . . . . . . . 98

Other Related Rules

3301-83-01 Calculation of pupil transportation operation payments . . . . . 100

Position Papers

Guidelines regarding the safe transportation of oxygen on a school bus . 105

School bus driver recertification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Use of preservice temporary certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Guidelines for determining driver-designated place of safety . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Clarification on school transportation driver physicals

blood pressure requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Clarification on child safety seat requirements with respect

to school bus transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Transportation services for nonpublic and community school students . .120

Recommendations for nonroutine bus trip instructions for passengers . .123

Pupil Transportation Office, Ohio Department of Education

Carol Brandel, Administrative Assistant

Manuel Brooks, Consultant

Robert Harmon, Consultant

25 South Front Street, Mail Stop 308

Columbus, Ohio 43215-4183

Web page: education.

E-mail: School bus@education.

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