Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-38-8 - Loading and unloading procedures
(a) On routes.
(1) Each school bus driver shall activate the
alternately flashing warning lights as required by
K.S.A.
8-1556 and amendments thereto, at any time
that the loading or unloading of students occurs on the traveled portion of any
roadway.
(2) Each governing body
shall adopt procedures for the loading and unloading of students, consistent
with the requirements of this article of the department's regulations. The
procedures shall include the following:
(A)
Each school bus driver shall load and unload students off the roadway whenever
adequate space is provided, unless parking the bus off the roadway would
threaten the safety or stability of the bus or safety of the
students.
(B) Each school bus
driver shall direct students who cross the roadway when loading or unloading
from a school bus to cross only in front of the bus . The driver shall ensure
that all traffic has stopped and shall instruct students to wait for a signal
from the driver before crossing the roadway.
(C) Students shall not be required to cross
any divided highway, as defined in
K.S.A.
8-1414 and amendments thereto, or any roadway
consisting of more than one lane of traffic traveling in the same direction
excluding turn lanes in order to board the bus or to reach the students'
destination upon unloading from the bus .
(D) When the loading or unloading of students
takes place on a roadway, the bus shall stop in the far right-hand lane of the
roadway.
(E) Each driver shall
ensure that all students who have unloaded from the bus have moved a safe
distance away from the bus before the driver moves the bus .
(b) At school.
(1) Whenever possible, each governing body
shall provide bus parking so that the loading or unloading of students is
conducted in an area away from vehicular traffic and off the roadway.
(2) Before each school's dismissal time, and
where adequate space is available, the bus drivers shall park the buses in
single file.
(3) If the loading or
unloading of students is conducted on the traveled portion of a roadway, each
bus driver shall park the bus on the side of the roadway nearest to the school,
with the entry door opening away from the traveled portion of the roadway.
Buses shall be parked adjacent to curbing, if present. If there is no curbing,
the buses shall be parked as far to the right of the roadway as possible
without threatening the stability of the bus .
(4) Each board shall ensure that there is
adult supervision during loading and unloading procedures at each school
building, except at buildings utilized exclusively for senior high school
students.
(c) On
activity trips.
(1) Whenever possible, each
bus driver shall park the bus so that the loading or unloading of students
takes place in an area away from other vehicular traffic.
(2) The transportation supervisor shall
designate, in advance, stops for the loading and unloading of buses along each
activity trip route.
(d)
In school passenger vehicles. Each driver of a school passenger vehicle shall
park the vehicle in a location so that students are loaded or unloaded in an
area off the roadway.
Notes
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