FILE:  EDDA

Cf:  ED, IFCB

 

SPECIAL USE OF SCHOOL BUSES

 

 

It shall be the policy of the Acadia Parish School Board to permit the use of school buses for student trips or excursions to enhance instructional activities.  The use of buses for such trips shall be strictly governed by regulations adopted by the School Board and/or established by the Superintendent or administrative staff.  All arrangements for any trip or excursion shall be made by the Superintendent or his/her designee.

 

Any school or organization may use buses for athletic or activity trips.  The school or organization shall compensate the operator/owner of the bus according to the established scale.  The following guidelines shall also apply to the special use of any school bus:

 

  1. For activities of an educational nature within the parish, the use of the buses shall be requested by the principal of the school involved and it shall be limited in time so as not to interfere with the regular route to which that bus is assigned.

  2. For educational activities outside the parish, the use of the buses shall be limited to transporting those students who are engaged in representing their school in the principal activity for which the trip is required.  The request shall also come from the principal involved.

  3. Approval for the use of the buses shall be requested at a time prior to the trip sufficient for the office staff to evaluate the request and to make the arrangements necessary.  All buses on all occasions shall be driven by a person with a commercial driver's license.  The principal of the school involved shall be held responsible for seeing that the above condition is met.

 

NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL RELATED BUS USE

 

Acadia Parish School Board owned school buses shall not be used for non-public school related activities.  Bus operators that own their own buses who choose to transport the public for any non-public school related organizations shall be required to adequate and appropriate liability coverage for such a service and provide a valid certificate of such insurance coverage to the School Board prior to any such transportation service.

 

Non-public school related shall mean any organization that is not directly related to and has no affiliation with any public school in the parish or the Acadia Parish School Board.

 

Revised:  November 5, 2018

 

 

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. ยง17:158

Board minutes, 2-2-09, 11-5-18

 

Acadia Parish School Board