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05.12 USE OF SCHOOL VEHICLES OTHER

Individual Policy

SECTION 05 – TECHNOLOGY CENTER PROPERTY
05.12 USE OF SCHOOL VEHICLES OTHER THAN REGULAR TRANSPORTATION OF STUDENTS
School vehicles may be used for activity trips, extra-curricular activities and any field trips. Vehicles may also be used to travel to conduct school business as approved. Requests for transportation vehicles for those purposes should be made as soon as possible.

  1. Use of tobacco and/or vaping products are not permitted in school vehicles.
  2. Employees must have a valid driver’s license to use a school vehicle.
  3. All staff are responsible for returning a clean vehicle with a full gas tank, and receipts submitted to the appropriate person.
  4. Failure to comply and follow vehicle use policies may result in revocation of use privileges.

Vehicles Assigned to Programs

  1. For staff members having a vehicle assigned to his or her area of responsibility, that staff member shall ensure the school owned vehicle is used only for school related purposes. All school vehicles should be operated in a safe manner consistent with state law on and off campus.
  2. The staff member should coordinate maintenance of all vehicles assigned to the program with the director of purchasing and maintenance.
  3. Licensed secondary students are permitted to drive school vehicles on campus only.
  4. Adult students are permitted to drive school vehicles when authorized to do so by the instructor and provided a copy of their valid state driver’s license is on file. The license should be kept on file by the Instructional Leader.

Any person using technology center equipment or vehicles for personal use may be subject to disciplinary action, which could include termination or dismissal.

School owned 14-passenger vehicle(s):

The district has a fourteen-passenger vehicle(s) available for use on a check-out basis. Specialized training must be complete and current for any employee that transports students in the vehicle. Instructional Support Services coordinates and documents training, a record of which is kept in Human Resources. All other policies which apply to the use of school vehicles, apply to the use of any fourteen-passenger vehicle(s).

The superintendent or deputy superintendent will approve all uses of vehicles not as stated in this policy.

Great Plains Technology Center (GPTC) places a high priority on employee and student safety and acts to ensure that employees whose work involves operating either a school issued, or personal vehicle for school business does so in an appropriate and safe manner. To that end, GPTC has established specific requirements which our employees must maintain.

Operators of the 14-passenger vehicle must:

  • Valid driver’s license from state of residency.
  • Current Motor Vehicle Record (MVR).
  • Minimum 4 hours annual professional development related to 14-passenger vehicle operation.
  • Completion of State Department of Education New Bus Driver Training.

Employees will be disqualified from operating the 14-passenger vehicle if they have any of the following over the prior 36 months:

  • Has automobile insurance canceled, declined or not renewed by a company.
  • Had driver’s license suspended or revoked.
  • Convicted of three or more speeding violations in excess of 15 miles per hour over the limit.
  • Been involved in two or more chargeable accidents.
  • Convicted of driving under the influence (DUI), driving while intoxicated (DWI), careless driving, reckless driving, failure to stop/report an accident, driving while impaired, making a false accident report, attempting to elude a police officer, driving while license is suspended/revoked, homicide/manslaughter/assault resulting from use of a vehicle, and other charges deemed serious by GPTC.

Employees approved to operate the 14-passenger vehicle are required to self-report any of the above listed issues in a timely manner to the human resources office.

Personal Car Use:

  1. When traveling out of district, employees are encouraged to utilize a school vehicle, if available.
  2. The District will assume no responsibility for liability in case of accident.
  3. The Board of Education specifically forbids any employee to transport students for school purposes without prior authorization by the Superintendent or designee.
  4. No school employee will send any secondary student on a school errand with a personally owned vehicle or a district owned vehicle.