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Using Privately
Owned Vehicles for Transporting...
When transporting students in
vehicles in connection with any event or activity offered by
the district school board or an event or an activity in
which the district school board or school has agreed to
participate, co-sponsor or require the participation of
students, the provision found in the 2006 Florida Statute
Section 1006.22 and Board Policy 7.03 shall apply.
The vehicle must be a
passenger car or multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck, as defined
in Title 49 C.F.R. part 571, designed to transport fewer than 10
students.
Students must be
transported in designated seating positions and must use the
occupant crash protection system provided by the manufacturer unless
the student's physical condition prohibits such use.
The driver of an
authorized vehicle transporting students must maintain a valid
driver's license and insurance.
Acceptable Vehicle Types
1. School Bus-Meeting
all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and Florida
specifications applicable to School Buses.
2. Passenger cars-
Any wheelbase; includes, in part, sedans, coupes, hatchbacks,
wagons.
3. Multipurpose
Passenger Vehicle (MPV)-Includes minivans and larger
sport utility vehicles.
4. Truck- Light
trucks, such as small or large pickups; medium-duty trucks; heavy
trucks.
Prohibited Vehicle Types
1. Bus-any
non school bus vehicle designed to transport more than 10 persons;
examples include full size vans, shuttle buses, and other types of
buses that are not School Buses meeting all Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards and Florida Specifications for School Buses.
2. MPV's
commonly known as Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV's) that have a
wheelbase of 110 inches or less, are required, federally, to contain
a rollover warning label under Title 49 C.F.R., Part 575.105, affixed
to either side of the driver's sun visor.
Sample
rollover label click on first link below. For list of sport utility
vehicles that require a rollover warning label click on second link.
http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-3941/tan_t_07_03att1.pdf
http://info.fldoe.org/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-3942/tan_t_07_03att2.pdf
3.
Motorcycle
4. Trailer
For more information review Board
Policy 7.03 revised 1/23/07.
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Safety,
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