Policy CJDH - Transportation: Operations: Post-Route Inspections

Policy CJDH: Transportation: Operations: Post-Route Inspections (PDF)

Issue Date: August 19, 2020

Updated: November 16, 2022

End of Route Inspections

After completing each student delivery route, the school bus operator shall  stop and park the bus and inspect the bus, including the entire length of the interior of the bus,  to ensure that all students are off of the bus ant to otherwise inspect the interior. When the operator is delivering students to school, this inspection shall if possible be completed at each school site. When the route is a from-school route, the operator shall perform this inspection at a safe location a short distance from where the final student or students left the bus.

Utah Code § 53G-7-220(1) (2021)                                                                                

Utah Admin. Rules R277-601-3(6)(a) to (c) (August 12, 2021)

National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures p. 148 (May 2015)

Students Found During Inspection

If a student is found on the bus, the student shall be immediately returned to the student’s assigned bus stop location or to an alternate location consistent with District policy and with express permission from the parent.

Utah Admin. Rules R277-601-3(6)(d) (August 12, 2021)

Discipline for Failure to Complete Inspection

A school bus operator who fails to complete an inspection required by this policy shall be subject to appropriate discipline for such failure.

Utah Code § 53G-7-220(2) (2021)