The Wapello Community School District shall conduct school bus safe riding practices instruction and emergency safety drills at least twice during the school year, once in the fall and once in the spring, for students who utilize school district transportation. Documentation of these safety drills will be maintained by the district for five years and made available upon request.
Each school bus vehicle shall have, in addition to the regular emergency safety drill, a plan for helping those students who require special assistance to safety during an emergency. This shall include, but not be limited to, students with disabilities.
School district vehicle drivers are required to attend each safety drill.
All Wapello Community School personnel and designees must wear seat belts while operating school and private vehicles for school functions.
All Wapello Community School personnel must use the tire protective cage when inflating or deflating a tire used on school buses and tractors.
Employees shall be responsible for instructing the proper techniques to be followed during an emergency, as well as safe riding practices. It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to develop administrative regulations regarding this policy.
Approved: July 18, 1995
Reviewed: December 13, 2001; December 12, 2007; 12/14/11; 9/18/19
Revised: December 13, 2001