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The term “school transportation” is defined as “transportation on
a school bus,” school van “or private passenger automobile driven by a member
of the faculty or staff of the school, a parent of the covered person, or other
adult with a valid drivers’ license whom the school has specifically designated
to transport covered persons to a school supervised and sponsored activity” (
In an
effort to provide transportation for school activities, sometimes it is
necessary to use volunteer drivers and their vehicles. The school has an
obligation to know if volunteers have good driving records before they are
allowed to drive students on school functions.
Part
A
1. All volunteer drivers must be screened by the administration
and faculty of A. W. Spalding and/or
2. All volunteer drivers must complete the GCSS questionnaire well in advance of the driving date (as to give the administration and
faculty sufficient time for screening).
3. The school administration has the
right to accept or reject volunteer drivers based on the information
provided.
4. The school administration can re-evaluate screened
volunteer drivers at any time during the school year.
5. The minimum age for drivers is
twenty-one (21) years of age.
6. Each driver must be properly licensed and have proper
insurance in force. In addition, each driver must have an acceptable record of
not more than two (2) traffic citations and no fault accidents in the last
three (3) years.
7. No vehicle is to carry more than the official rated load capacity
and all passengers must wear seat
belts. No double belting is allowed. Violations of this policy could result in insurance
refusing to pay claims.
8. Adventist Risk Management recommends that volunteers have
at least $100/$300 thousand liability coverage. Schools must satisfy themselves
that drivers have at least state mandated minimum automobile liability. The
driver’s medical payment insurance will be considered the primary coverage and
9. All drivers must provide proof of insurance and drivers’
license (copies must be on file).
Part
B
Transportation
for school sponsored activities such as can
collecting, golf, tennis, basketball, and musical performances, among others,
must follow the guidelines specified in Part A. However, insurance policy
permits students to drive themselves, not any other
passengers in the vehicle, to and from school activities as long as they
and their parents have been notified that the school will not cover
transportation liability in those cases.
If
students and/or parents choose not to use school-provided transportation, then
transportation liability is the sole responsibility of the student driver
and/or parent.
GCSS
will post the Transportation Policy Notice on its website as well as make it
available to the public upon request. Parents of
Collegedale Academy students will have to sign the Transportation Policy Notice
Acknowledgement Form.