(a) Effective December 30, 2006 each agency must ensure that there are
school buses or allowable alternate vehicles adapted or designed for
transportation of children with disabilities available as necessary to
transport such children enrolled in the program. This requirement does not
apply to the transportation of children receiving home-based services unless
school buses or allowable alternate vehicles are used to transport the other
children served under the home-based option by the grantee. Whenever possible,
children with disabilities must be transported in the same vehicles used to
transport other children enrolled in the Head Start or Early Head Start
program.
(b) Each Head Start, Early Head Start and delegate agency must ensure
compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. 12101 et
seq.), the HHS regulations at 45 CFR part 84, implementing Section 504 of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), and the Head Start Program
Performance Standards on Services for Children with Disabilities (45 CFR part
1308) as they apply to transportation services.
(c) Each agency must specify any special transportation requirements for a
child with a disability when preparing the child's Individual Education Plan
(IEP) or Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP), and ensure that in all cases
special transportation requirements in a child's IEP or IFSP are followed,
including:
(1) special pick-up and drop-off requirements;
(2) special seating requirements;
(3) special equipment needs;
(4) any special assistance that may be required; and
(5) any special training for bus drivers and monitors.
[66 FR 5311, Jan. 18, 2001, as amended at
71 FR 58536, Oct. 4, 2006]
