What rules must my child follow when on the bus?
Do I have any responsiblities for my childs behavior?
May I be held Liable for Damages my child causes? What is the law? (Liability of Parent or Legal Guardian for Utah)
We live in a rural area…the bus doesn’t come out this far… what might I do?
- An initial application, (Form #602) must be completed and submitted each school year to transportation for approval. Payments will be made from the time application is approved only. Once the form is approved by the Transportation Department it is sent to the school for their reference. To be reimbursed for mileage the parent will need to submit a form (Form # 611) with the number of days the student attended school to the principal for his/her signature and verification of student attendance. The form (#611) is then matched to the original approval form (#602) for miles. After all approvals are completed by the school and Transportation it is sent to the District for payment. The check is then mailed to the parent.
How safe is my child on a school bus ?
- According to the National Safety Council, the national school bus accident rate is 0.01 per 100 million miles traveled, compared to 0.04 for trains, 0.06 for commercial aviation and 0.96 for other passenger vehicles.
- Therefore, the federal government considers school buses to be about nine times safer that other passenger vehicles during the normal school commute.
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that 96 percent of the estimated 8,500 to 12,000 children injured in school bus accidents annually are considered minor (scrapes, bumps, bruises, etc.).
- NHTSA calculated that 4 percent of the school bus-related injuries to children -- about 350 to 475 annually -- are serious (i.e. broken bones or worse) based on the medical community's widely accepted AIS or Abbreviated Injury Scale.
