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DIVISIONS
Accounting Services
Budget Services
Facilities Services
Financial Review
Human Resources
Internal Support
Pupil Transportation
School Nutrition

CONTACT INFORMATION

Carlton Allen
Director, Pupil Transportation

1654 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334
 (404) 656-2467
 (404) 657-1330
  tuallen@doe.k12.ga.us
Transportation Rules

The following are State Board rules pertaining to transportation.


NSBA Code
Effective Date Rule Number
Title
DFB 8/14/2003 160-5-3-.11 Standard Cost Development
EDCB/JCDAD 5/29/2002 160-5-3-.13 Student Safety
EDAA 6/5/1996 160-5-3-.01 Purchase of School Buses
EDAC 6/5/1996 160-5-3-.02 Contracted Transportation Services
EDC 4/14/1996 160-5-3-.14 Fuels and Explosives
EDCA 7/3/2002 160-5-3-.03 School Bus Inspections
EDD 8/14/2003 160-5-3-.10 Student Transportation Funding Surveys
EDF 10/13/2005 160-5-3-.16 Bus Transportation Records
EGD 4/8/1992 160-5-3-.04 School Bus Insurance
GAM/GCRA 10/9/1994 160-5-3-.15 Alcohol and Controlled Substances Testing
GCBA 10/14/2004 160-5-3-.08 School Bus Drivers
JCDAD/EDCB 5/29/2002 160-5-3-.13 Student Safety
GCBA 10/14/2000 160-5-4-.09 Limited Public School Choice

See Also

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State of Georgia rules pertaining to transportation:

GEORGIA EDUCATION LAWS from Ga. Code/Title 20
20-2-188 Student Transportation
20-2-210 Annual performance evaluation
20-2-211 Annual contract; disqualifying acts; job descriptions; fingerprinting and criminal record checks
20-2-220 Limitations upon decreases in local salary supplements for school bus drivers and food service managers or employees
20-2-411 School funds kept separate; use of funds; separation of school taxes; investments
20-2-504 Authority to contract for pupil transportation
20-2-506 Definitions; authority to enter into multiyear lease, purchase, or lease purchase contracts
20-2-751.4 Policies prohibiting bullying; assignment to alternative school; notice
20-2-751.5 Student codes of conduct; safety rules on school buses; distribution
20-2-751.6 Disciplinary policy for students committing acts of physical violence against teacher, school bus driver, or other school official or employee
20-2-852 Maternity leave
20-2-1071 Transportation contracts
20-2-1072 Financial interest in transportation facilities or sale of school buses, school bus equipment, or school bus supplies of state and local school authorities prohibited
20-2-1073 Transportation forbidden if certified detrimental to student’s health; penalty
20-2-1074 Transportation for elderly, persons with disabilities, and 4-H activities
20-2-1075 Use of county and independent school buses for students participating in recreational or educational activities
20-2-1090 Accident insurance for children on school buses
20-2-1091 Payment of insurance premiums by school board or other bus owner
20-2-1092 Insurance coverage for general public; waver of school board’s immunity
20-2-1093 Mutual insurance policies to be nonassessable
20-2-1094 School boards to keep insurance policies
20-2-1110 Right of school bus driver to sick leave with pay; accumulation of unused sick leave
20-2-1111 Use of accumulated sick leave for personal reasons
20-2-1112 Driver on sick leave need not pay for substitute
20-2-1113 Fixing pay for substitute driver
20-2-1122 Penalties for violation or refusal to submit to test
20-2-1125 Annual mandatory training of school bus drivers; initial certification of drivers
20-2-1127 Schedule of school bus routes
20-2-1130 Duty of law enforcement and school officials as to traffic safety around schools
20-2-1131 Direction of traffic by school-crossing guards
20-2-1181 Disrupting public school; penalty
20-2-1182 Persons other than students who insult or abuse school teachers in the presence of pupils may be ordered to leave school premises
20-2-1183 Possession of electronic communication devises in school
GEORIGA TRAFFIC LAWS from Ga. Code/Title 40
40-1-1 Definitions
40-2-37 Registration and licensing of vehicles of state and political subdivisions
40-5-147 Requirements for issuance of license or instructional permit
40-5-150 Contents of license; classifications; endorsements and restrictions; information to be obtained before issuance; notice of issuance; expiration of license; renewal
40-6-142 Certain vehicles to stop at all railroad crossings
40-6-160 Speed limits
40-6-161 Headlights to be lit when transporting children; communication equipment required
40-6-162 Use of visual signals
40-6-163 Duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus; reporting of violations
40-6-164 Duty of school bus driver stopping to allow children to disembark
40-6-165 Operation of school buses
40-8-110 Identification and color
40-8-111 Equipment generally
40-8-112 Compliance with state board bus specifications
40-8-113 Standards applicable regardless of size or capacity
40-8-114 Operation of school buses by churches, private schools, and local transit systems; transportation of schoolchildren on buses owned or operated by public transit systems
40-8-115 Identification and equipment of school buses for special school route service
40-8-116 Unlawful acts
40-8-220 Inspection of public school buses
40-8-221 Penalty
QUICK REFERENCE
School Bus Safety
Transportation Rules
Bus Driver Training Manual
School Bus Specifications
On-site Records Assessment

FORMS
Post-offer & Annual Physical Examination
School Bus Inspection
School Bus Defect Report Form

INVITATION TO BID
School Bus Vendors

HELPFUL LINKS
Associations & Publications
Training Sites
School Bus Maintenance
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