Transportation Services

1. Pupil Transportation Guide (DOE)
2. Special Education Transportation
   • Massachusetts Special Education Regulations: 603cmr 28.05(5),(8), ()
   Guide to School Pupil Transport Vehicles (7D)
3. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
   • The Council of Educators for Students with Disabilities, Inc.
4. Service Dogs: Investigate with Board of Health and Legal Counsel.
   • Legal Requirements
     • American with Disabilities Act of 1990
     • Air Carrier Access Act of 1986
     • Fair Housing Amendments of 1988
     • Rehabilitations Act of 1973
     • IDEA
     • No Child Left Behind
   • Dogs my accompany child on bus
   • Dogs right to be there supersedes most Health Laws that would prohibit it (exceptions apply)
   • Allergies and fear of dogs not valid for denying
5. Medical Information
   • Sharing Student Health and Medical Information with School Transporters by Peggy A. Burns, Esq., (February, 2003), National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
6. OTHER TOPIC SPECIFIC REPORTS
7. Homeless Students: Transportation Requirements
   • McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act : Google Act title for more information
     • Increasing School Stability for Students Experiencing Homelessness Overcoming Challenges to Providing Transportation to the School of Origin by Diana Bowman, Director & Katina Barksdale, Assistant Program Specialist (October 2004) National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services
   • Massachusetts DOE Assistance
8. Fee Based Busing
   • Melcher vs. Town of Barnstable (2003): Bus Fees are Legal
   • Financial Assistance Programs
   • Sample Programs
     • Needham Public Schools (since 1993)
     • Natick Public Schols (since 2002)
     • Barnstable Public Schools (since 2003)
     • Lexington Public Schools