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vices, but a spokesman urged caution to school districts that are considering using anything besides the yellow school bus to transport students. “From my former state director perspective, I certain-
ly support the need for criminal background checks and robust insurance for any provider that is not a full-fledged yellow school bus provider,” said NASDPTS Executive Director Charlie Hood, who retired from the Florida Department of Education five years ago.
Providing Oversight In Michigan, utilizing vehicles with the capacity to carry
10 or fewer passengers does not fall under the Pupil Trans- portation Act of 1990. It is up to local school districts to make sure the providers are safely transporting students. The Michigan Department of Education Pupil Transpor-
“We’re aware other states are doing it, but we haven’t
yet seen a benefit to allow it,” said Gabriel Rose, director of pupil transportation for the Maryland State Depart- ment of Education. “We have our eyes on the trend, and we’ll wait to hear what schools have to say.” National Association of State Directors of Pupil Trans-
portation Services (NASDPTS) has yet to publish any guidance on non-traditional student transportation ser-
tation Advisory Committee issued guidelines in February that advise school districts to obtain documentation of annual safety inspections on non-bus vehicles. Addition- ally, drivers of these smaller capacity vehicles must have a chauffeur’s license, background checks, bus driver equiv- alent medical exams, updated records of defensive driving training and guaranteed use of child restraints. Essentially, they must prove their service meets the same criteria that
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