Compensation for Field Trips. Field trips shall be compensated as follows: All field trips shall be paid at the same rates that drivers receives for their regular runs except the trips which cause a bus driver to exceed forty (40) hours per week and all Saturday trips shall be paid at time and one half (1 ½) this rate. Sunday and holiday field trips shall be paid at two (2) times this rate.
a. Trips taken on a day during which regular transportation is scheduled but which do not conflict with any portion of the bus driver’s regular runs, the bus driver shall be paid for all actual time on the trip with a minimum of one (1) hour pay guaranteed. If a second trip involving the same school and same location is scheduled within that time block, it will not be considered an additional trip. If the bus driver transports children to an event and then is required to return to pick up the children later (after two and one-half hours (2 ½) lapse) the bus driver will receive another one (1) hour pay guarantee.
b. Trips taken on a day during which regular transportation is scheduled which do conflict with a part or all of the bus driver’s regular runs, the bus driver shall be paid at regular rate for that portion of their regular runs actually driven, and for field trip time at their regular rate. However, in no case shall the bus driver be paid less than they would earn if they had remained on their regular daily driving assignment.
c. Trips taken on a day when no regular transportation is scheduled: The bus driver shall be paid for the field trip as outlined in a., above. If such trips occur on weekends or holidays, the appropriate premium pay rates apply. In the event of bus drivers transporting passengers to an overnight activity and being required to stay, the bus drivers involved shall be compensated for eight (8) hours per day or actual time spent if over eight (8) hours, at their regular rate of pay (including appropriate premium pay). In addition, they shall be provided with a separate room at the Board’s expense, with meals as provided below.
d. If a field trip is cancelled and the bus driver reports, the bus driver will receive a one (1) hour show up pay.
Compensation for Field Trips. A. Bus operators will be paid for field trips under this section at their regular rate of pay. Extra trips shall be factored for overtime. Operator’s comensable time shall begin at the time the operator is required by the employer to report and shall end upon return to the compound with 30 additional minutes given for preparationand all other required duties.
B. FIELD TRIPS
1. Drivers may sign on/off the field trip list no more than two times per year. If a trip or trips has/have already been assigned and you remove yourself or are removed from the list, you shall forfeit those trips. The district transportation department shall provide a form for this purpose.
2. Field trip drivers must have 1 year of bus driving experience for in- county field trips, have driven in Xxxxxx County for a minimum of 1 year out-of-county field trips.
3. Field trips shall be assigned in the Transportation Department no more than thirty (30) days in advance of the trip. In as much as possible, drivers will be assigned at least three (3) days in advance of the trip. If a trip is assigned with less than four (4) hours’ notice, a refusal shall be excused.
4. Field trip assignments shall be from two (2) seniority lists kept at the bus compound; one for in-county trips and one for out-of -county trips. In the event no in-county driver is available for a trip, an out- of-county driver may be assigned using the seniority list.
5. Trips shall be assigned in seniority order starting with the most senior driver/attendant. Once assigned the next most senior driver/attendant moves up for the next available trip. This process will continue through April of each year. The Association President/designee shall have access to the process and data for verification purposes upon notice to transportation department ahead of time.
6. If the next person on the list refuses or is ptherwise unavailable they shall move to the next person on the list. The hours they would have accumulated shall count in equity of hours.
7. Starting with May trips (April assignments), every effort shall be made to equalize the hours trip drivers/attendants have accumulated. Assignments shall then be given based upon equalizing accumulated hours. This applies to drivers who have been on the trip list all year. All other drivers shall only be assigned through the normal rotation.
8. Any operator who refuses more than three (3) trips will be dropped from the contact (rotation) list for the remainder of the year. Any trip no...
Compensation for Field Trips a. Bus operators will be paid for field trips under this section at their regular rate of pay. Extra trips shall be factored for overtime. Operator’s compensable time shall begin at the time the operator is required by the employer to report and shall end upon return to the compound with 30 additional minutes given for preparation and all other required duties.
b. Bus attendants (not driving) will be paid at their regular hourly rate of pay from the time they are required to report until conclusion of all required duties. Qualified bus attendants who drive trips will be compensated on the same basis as bus operators.
c. Bus operators/bus attendants shall serve as chaperones, perform other assigned (related) duties, or otherwise stay with the bus unless directed by the Director of Transportation/designee. Employees will be advised of the additional responsibilities expected of them prior to accepting the trip. Declining a trip under these conditions will not count as a trip refused.
d. While on field trips operators shall not leave the class, team, band, or other group after the destination has been reached unless approval has been given by the sponsor/teacher in charge and the sponsor/teacher knows where the operator will be and how to contact him.
e. Field trips shall be driven by operators qualified under 6A-3.0141 and 6A-3.