Only APS students, sponsors, and chaperones will be transported on school buses used for activity trips.
If students are transported from an APS site in privately owned vehicles for school activities, the driver/owner of the private vehicle will be responsible/liable for the safety of students being transported.
In the event students are to be transported in private vehicles, the following criteria will be used:
- The APS sponsor of the event must secure a signed release from parents/guardians authorizing the student to participate in the activity and to ride in a privately owned vehicle.
- Documentation must be presented to the sponsor that the driver/owner has the state minimum requirements for insurance (25/50/25).
- Proof that the driver has a valid driver's license must be presented to the sponsor.
- Completion of form INS-72E (Notification of Responsibilities and Liabilities When Transporting Students) by the driver/owner.
- The driver/owner's insurance is prime* in the event of injury to the students.
- All transportation of students to school sponsored student activities (e.g., field trips, athletic events, musical concerts) will, be, when practicable, in school-bus-type vehicles. Private vehicles with a rated seating capacity of nine or fewer may be used for activity trips provided the vehicle meets all Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards requirements for its category. However, it is recommended that school buses be used any time the school sponsored activity involves transporting more than nine students or would require using more than one private vehicle to transport students.
* Prime - the insurance policy of the privately owned vehicle will be first when paying for injury cost or settling claims for injury.
Around every bus is a danger zone!