FILE: EDD

The Livingston Parish School Board will provide school bus transportation for all students living more than one mile from the school that they are assigned to attend. Other students may be provided with school bus transportation in accordance with regulations of the State Department of Education.

The bus driver and the Supervisor of Transportation shall work together in establishing bus stops subject to the approval of the Superintendent. Main thoroughfares, lack of sidewalks, railroads, and other hazards shall be considered in any decisions regarding bus stops.

A reasonable time shall be established for each route and the bus driver shall be expected to adhere to this schedule. By the same token, students shall be expected to be at their respective bus stop when the bus arrives.

Once a bus route has been established, the bus driver shall not alter or change assigned routes without authorization from the Supervisor of Transportation or principal.

Buses must be routed so that no more than one bus will travel the same route, except in cases of definite apparent necessity. Each scheduled route will be planned in full consideration of the established limits for individual schools.

All deviations from this policy must be brought to the Board's attention for review and consideration prior to implementation.

During inclement weather bus drivers may make more frequent stops. In discharging pupils who must cross the highway, the responsibility of safe crossing rests with the driver.

Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:158.