Procedure – Category 5000 (Students)
AR 5005.3 – Transportation Guidelines
IEP Issues (IEP Team)
Non-IEP Issues (LEA)
Least restrictive environment considerations in the provision of transportation.
Decisions about appropriation of resources used to provide that transportation – private fleet versus contracting with companies who have independently owned vehicles.
For medically fragile children, provision of any necessary medical protocols on the bus.
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Special Considerations
These may include, but are not limited to:
1. Medical diagnosis and health needs consideration of whether or not long bus rides could affect a certain child’s health (duration, temperature control, need for services, health emergencies); general ability and/or strength to ambulate/wheel; approximate distance from school or the distance needed to walk or wheel oneself to the school; consideration of the child’s needs in inclement weather, etc.
NOTE: Transportation issues are addressed on the child’s IEP and may become a part of the child’s Health Plan if school health services are required on the bus.
2. Physical accessibility of curbs, sidewalks, streets, and public transportation systems.
3. The consideration of a child’s capacity to arrive at school on time, to avoid getting lost, to avoid dangerous traffic situations, and to avoid other potentially dangerous or exploitative situations on the way to and from school. 4. Behavioral Intervention Plans [ Title 5, C.C.R. § 3001(g) ] specified by a child’s IEP and consideration of how to implement such plans while a child is being transported. 5. Other transportation needs mid-day or other transportation needs as required on a child’s IEP (for example, occupational or physical therapy or mental health services that are provided at another site, attending community-based classes, etc.) must also be taken into consider ation when the IEP team discusses a child’s placement and transportation needs. 6. Extended school year services, pursuant to E.C. § 56345(b)(3) , should be another consideration of a child’s need for transportation if considered necessary to provide FAPE as s pecified in the child’s IEP.
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Desert Mountain Special Education Local Plan Area (DMSELPA) (rev. 03/13)
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