Teaching · Related Services

Every morning, the same
safe six minutes at the curb.

Write one plan per student for the bus: the vehicle, the stop, how they board, how the chair and the student are secured, who meets the bus at each end and how the student gets off in an emergency. Gaps are flagged before the next run.

Plan a bus rideWhat you get
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Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Or get it in the Related Services toolkit, $99 for 96 items.

Bus plans

The worked example is two made-up plans: a student in a power wheelchair on a lift bus, and a student with a walker on a bus with steps. Plans stay in this browser.

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What you get

Teaching · Related Services$12 · included with Classroom and Whole-school licenses

What you finish with
A plan per student with code, route, vehicle, mobility, stop and times; how they board; an eight-point securement check; minutes to load; who does what at home, on the bus and at school; four stop checks; the evacuation plan, health plan on the bus and last drill; flags for a vehicle that does not match the student, open securement and stop items, an old or missing drill and a missing health plan; open items and loading minutes in total.
Who it is for
School physical and occupational therapists, transportation supervisors, bus drivers and aides, and special education case managers.
Format
Browser organizer with a saved plan per student. Prints a plan for the driver and aide, all plans or a blank form; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); exports and imports a file.
Access
$12 one-time, yours on every device you sign in on; the tool opens once you are signed in with it. Included with Caveat Classroom and Whole-school licenses. Also in the Related Services toolkit ($99) and the Teaching Suite pass ($199), and 1 more bundle. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Related Services space in Caveat Teaching.
Support
Questions about access, an order or a correction: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Start a plan when transportation is added to a student’s IEP or 504 plan.
  2. Record the vehicle, stop, times and how the student boards.
  3. Ride along once and work through the securement check with the driver and aide.
  4. Time the loading, name who does what at each end and check the stop.
  5. Write the evacuation plan, practice it, and record the drill date.

Plan a bus ride

Securing a wheelchair on the bus

A secured wheelchair, from abovefrontFour strapsto the frame, angled outLap beltlow across the hipsShoulder beltover the collarboneFaces forwardin a marked stationA secured wheelchair, from abovefrontFour strapsto the frame, angled outLap beltlow across the hipsShoulder beltover the collarboneFaces forwardin a marked station
The belts hold the student; the straps hold the chair. Belts fastened to the chair instead of the vehicle do not protect the student in a crash.

Transportation is a service

Under IDEA, transportation is a related service when a student needs it to benefit from special education, and the plan for how the student boards, rides and gets off belongs in the student’s record. Federal ADA vehicle rules set requirements for lifts, ramps and securement systems on accessible vehicles.

Practice the hard part

Evacuating a student who uses a wheelchair is the part most plans skip. Decide in advance who releases the straps, how the student is moved and where the evacuation seat or blanket is kept, then practice it with the actual driver and aide, not only on paper.

Sources

  1. Code of Federal Regulations, 49 CFR Part 38, Subpart B: accessibility specifications for buses and vans, including lifts and securement (38.23).
  2. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.34(c)(16): transportation as a related service.
  3. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Guideline for the Safe Transportation of Pre-school Age Children in School Buses (nhtsa.gov), on wheelchair securement and occupant restraint.
  4. RESNA. WC-4:2017 Section 19: Wheelchairs Used as Seats in Motor Vehicles (WC19).

The worked example is made up. This organizer supports a student’s transportation plan; the district’s transportation department, the vehicle and lift manuals and the student’s IEP or 504 team set the details. Plans stay on this device until you print or export them. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.