TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACTS | Policy Manual

8680 - TRANSPORTATION SERVICES CONTRACTS

The Board policy regarding fulfillment of its obligation to provide transportation to students within the District is defined in Policy 8600 - Transportation. For student safety, State law requires the District to take certain measures regarding the competence of transportation drivers.

The owner or lessee of all privately owned motor vehicles used by the District to transport students shall be under written contract with the Board. The contract must specify that the owner or lessee is obligated to perform any action necessary to fulfill its obligation under 121.555, Wis. Stats.

All contracts for bus services, either between the District and its employees or between the District and a private entity contracted for the purpose of providing transportation services, must be in the form prescribed by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and specify that all parties to the contract are at all times subject to the rules adopted by the Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation under 110.06(2), Wis. Stats. and by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

All contracts for transportation services between the District and a private entity shall contain provisions requiring that the owner or lessee of the privately owned motor vehicles assure that all operators of said vehicles are subject to drug testing in accordance with U.S. Department of Transportation regulation. The contract shall require that the owner or lessee provide the District with its drug testing policy for approval.