Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-43.34 - [Effective until 5/22/2024] Contract-privately owned buses
The board of education and a contractor who undertakes to transport school pupils for the board, in privately owned vehicles, shall sign a contract that contains, but is not limited to, the following provisions:
(1) To furnish and operate
at the contractor's own expense a legally approved vehicle of transportation
transporting only children attending the school designated by the board of
education.
(2) To comply with all
legal and established uniform standards of operation as required by statute or
by legally constituted authorities.
(3) To comply with all uniform standards
established for protection of health and safety for pupils
transported.
(4) To comply with all
rules and regulations adopted by the board of education for the protection of
the children, or to govern the conduct of the driver of bus.
(5) To keep bus in good mechanical condition
and up to standards required by statutes or by legally constituted
authorities.
(6) To take school bus
to official inspection when held by state authorities with no additional
expense to party of second part.
(7) Reserved.
(8) To use only drivers and substitute
drivers who have been approved by the board of education and have received a
school bus driver's authorization.
(9) To furnish the board of education an
approved certificate of medical examination for each person who is approved by
the board of education to drive the bus.
(10) To attend a school of instruction for
bus drivers as prescribed by the bureau of nutrition programs and school
transportation of the department of education. (If the owner does not drive the
bus, the regular approved driver of the bus shall attend.).
(11) To carry insurance on bus and pupils in
the coverages and limits as determined by the board of education. Copy of
policy to be filed with superintendent of schools.
(12) To make such reports as may be required
by state department of education, area education agency board of education, and
superintendent of schools.
(13) To
use the school bus only for transporting regularly enrolled students to and
from public school and to extracurricular activities approved and designated by
the board of education and further to comply with all legal restrictions on use
of bus.
(14) To obtain, if
possible, the license plate numbers of all vehicles violating the school bus
passing law, Iowa Code section
321.372,
and file information for prosecution.
(15) To reserve the right of the board of
education to change routing of the bus and, if additional mileage is required,
allow for an extra cost.
(16) To
ensure immoral conduct or the use of alcoholic beverages by the contractor or
driver employed by the contractor shall result in appropriate sanctions as
provided in Iowa Code section
321.375.
(17) To allow the contract to be terminated
on 90-day notice by either party as provided by Iowa Code section
285.5(4).
(18) An agreement that, if the contractor
desires to terminate the contract, the school bus will be sold to the board of
education at its request as provided in Iowa Code section
285.5(1).
This requirement does not apply to a passenger vehicle used as a school
bus.
Notes
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