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ACF

Administration for
Children and Families

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Administration on Children, Youth and Families

1. Log No. ACYF-IM-HS-95-25

2. Issuance Date: 6-19-95

3. Originating Office: Head Start Bureau

4. Key Word: Transportation Safety

INFORMATION MEMORANDUM

TO: Head Start Grantees and Delegate Agencies

SUBJECT: Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Head Start Transportation Safety

LEGAL AND RELATED REFERENCES: The Head Start Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.

INFORMATION:

Attached is a copy of the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Head Start Transportation Safety. Section 640(i) of the Head Start Improvement Act of 1992 required the issuance of regulations governing the safety features and safe operation of vehicles used by Head Start agencies in transporting Head Start children.

The proposed rule:

- Requires Head Start programs that provide transportation services to children to and from the classroom to provide such transportation only on school buses;

- Requires that all children be seated in age and weight appropriate child restraint systems;

- Requires that each Head Start bus have at least one monitor on board at all times when transporting children;

- Establishes minimum qualifications for bus drivers;

- Establishes minimum pre-service and in-service training requirements for bus drivers and monitors;

- Establishes requirements for transportation of children with disabilities; and

- Establishes requirements for the involvement of Head Start programs in coordinated transportation systems.

All Head Start programs and delegate agencies are encouraged to comment on this proposed rule. In order to be considered, comments must be received in writing by August 15, 1995. Comments should be addressed to the Associate Commissioner, Head Start Bureau, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, D.C. 20013.

/S/
Olivia A. Golden, Commissioner
Administration on Children, Youth and Families

ATTACHMENT: NPRM on Head Start Transportation Safety

cc: Regional Administrators, ACF, Regions I-X American Indian and Migrant Programs Branches