Common use of Field Trip Procedures Clause in Contracts

Field Trip Procedures. A. Employees may be employed in addition to their regular duties to drive school buses for field trips and other extracurricular activities, providing they hold the proper license. Regular bus drivers will be paid at their regular rate and substitute drivers will be paid at a substitute rate for field trips and extracurricular activities. B. Bus drivers wishing to drive for field trips and other extracurricular activities may be considered by completing a request to be placed on a list for field trips or other extracurricular activities. Drivers will be assigned field trips by rotation, based upon their accepted options from the list (B1). If a driver turns down the initial request to drive a field trip then they will be placed at the bottom of the field trip list. Drivers will not be eligible for driving field trips unless: 1. Driving the field trip does not interfere with completion of their regular assigned route/duties or 2. The Director of Transportation or his/her designee approves the use of a substitute to drive the regular route. In either case outlined above the driver would not lose their spot on the field trip list if deemed ineligible. 1. Field trip lists will be coded for: a. Between Routes (BR) b. In-town trips (local after school) (ITT) c. Holidays (6 paid, see Contract 12.9) (HOL) d. Holiday overnight (6 paid, see Contract 12.9) (HOLOVN) e. Day off-(weekdays when schools are closed) (DO) f. Weekends (WE) g. Weekend overnight (WEOVN) h. Out of town (OOT) i. Out of town overnight (OOTOVN) C. There will be two (2) documented attempts over a period of two (2) days to contact a driver. If an answering machine is contacted, a message will be left to call the Transportation office. In the event of less than two days notice of a field trip is given, management will use the first available driver. Drivers who cannot be contacted because of the short notice will not lose their regular rotation. In all instances, after five (5) drivers have refused the trip or not responded, the Director of Transportation or his/her designee may assign a driver for the trip. In the event of a short notice (two hours prior to the trip) the next eligible driver may reject without losing their position on the roster. Except in cases of emergency, in the event a bus driver fails to show for a scheduled field trip, he/she shall forfeit his/her position on that field trip roster for one rotation. Operators who fail to report for assigned trips or who regularly reject trips without legitimate reasons shall be counseled concerning whether they wish to remain on the list. Continuation of either practice shall cause an operator to be deleted from the list. In addition they will not be allowed to make up the trip they failed to show for. D. Management has the right to pass over drivers that would earn overtime if assigned a field trip at that time. Drivers passed over will not lose their regular rotation. E. All trips assigned for the previous month will be posted in the Transportation Department by the tenth of the month. Postings will show persons assigned, hours, dates and number of trips taken. F. Site-Based Management has the right to use school-based paraprofessionals for field trips and will pay the costs associated with the school-based paraprofessionals. School-based paraprofessionals utilized for field trips will be trained prior to the field trip in bus safety procedures. Should there not be a school- based paraprofessional who is trained in bus safety procedures, the bus paraprofessional assigned to the ESE bus will be offered the trip. If said bus paraprofessional declines the trip, the most senior bus paraprofessional will be assigned the trip if available by field trip scheduled departure time. Otherwise, the Transportation Director will assign a qualified bus paraprofessional.

Field Trip Procedures. A. a. Employees may be employed in addition to their regular duties to drive school buses for field trips and other extracurricular activities, providing they hold the proper license. Regular bus drivers will be paid at their regular a rate of $9.00 per hour, if paid from school internal accounts, and the prevailing rates budgeted for in all grants, but not less than school internal accounts rate and substitute drivers will be paid at a substitute rate for field trips and extracurricular activities. B. b. Bus drivers wishing to drive for field trips and other extracurricular activities may be considered by completing a request to be placed on a list for field trips or other extracurricular activities. Drivers Bus drivers who request that their names be placed upon such a list will be assigned selected to drive in order of seniority. Each driver on the list will be offered an opportunity to drive for field trips by rotation, based upon their accepted options from the list (B1). If a driver turns down the initial request to drive a field trip then they will be placed at the bottom of the field trip list. Drivers will not be eligible for driving field trips unless: 1. Driving the field trip does not interfere with completion of their regular assigned route/duties or 2. The Director of Transportation or his/her designee approves the use of a substitute to drive the regular route. In either case outlined above the driver would not lose their spot on the field trip list if deemed ineligibleextracurricular activities before repeat drivers are offered additional trips. 1. Field trip lists will be coded for: a. Between Routes (BR) b. In-town trips (local after school) (ITT) c. Holidays (6 paid, see Contract 12.9) (HOL) d. Holiday overnight (6 paid, see Contract 12.9) (HOLOVN) e. Day off-(weekdays when schools are closed) (DO) f. Weekends (WE) g. Weekend overnight (WEOVN) h. Out of town (OOT) i. Out of town overnight (OOTOVN) C. There will be two (2) documented attempts over a period of two (2) days to contact a driver. If an answering machine is contacted, a message will be left to call the Transportation office. In the event of less than two days notice of a field trip is given, management will use the first available driverdriver according to the seniority list. Drivers who cannot be contacted because of the short notice will not lose their regular rotation. In all instances, after five (5) drivers have refused the trip or not responded, the Director of Transportation or his/her designee may assign a driver for the trip. In the event of a short notice (two hours prior to the trip) the next eligible driver may reject without losing their position on the roster. Except in cases of emergency, in the event a bus driver fails to show for a scheduled field trip, he/she shall forfeit his/her position on that field trip roster for one rotation. Operators who fail to report for assigned trips or who regularly reject trips without legitimate reasons shall be counseled concerning whether they wish to remain on the list. Continuation of either practice shall cause an operator to be deleted from the list. In addition they will not be allowed to make up the trip they failed to show for. D. d. Management has the right to pass over drivers that would earn overtime if assigned a field trip at that time. Drivers passed over will not lose their regular rotation. E. e. All trips assigned for the previous month will be posted in the Transportation Department by the tenth of the month. Postings will show persons assigned, hours, dates and number of trips taken. F. Site-Based f. When a driver’s turn for a field trip occurs in during regular working hours, a substitute must be placed on that route. If the regular driver is out past midnight, the substitute is to return for the A.M. route. The driver is to report for the P.M. route. g. Trips are to be issued by geographic area unless other wise requested. a. Work in geographic area b. Work district wide 4. Transportation positions available for summer employment for bus drivers shall be filled as follows: a. Available positions shall be posted at each work site as soon as practical prior to the beginning of summer for bus drivers. b. Applicants from within the school system shall be afforded the first opportunity to apply for the available positions. c. Seniority among current employees shall be the determining criteria for the filling of the available positions. If a driver is assigned a position and a grant position later becomes available a driver may apply in writing for the posted grant position. d. Management has reserves the right to use school-based paraprofessionals assign drivers the routes involving medically complex children without regard to seniority. Medically complex children are defined as children who are health impaired children that have a physical condition which is chronic in nature. Criteria for field trips and will pay the costs associated with the school-based paraprofessionals. School-based paraprofessionals utilized for field trips will selection of such drivers shall be trained prior experience transporting medically complex children and/or special training relating to the field trip in bus safety procedures. Should there not be a school- based paraprofessional who is trained in bus safety procedures, the bus paraprofessional assigned providing services to the ESE bus will be offered the trip. If said bus paraprofessional declines the trip, the most senior bus paraprofessional will be assigned the trip if available by field trip scheduled departure time. Otherwise, the Transportation Director will assign a qualified bus paraprofessionalmedically complex children.

Field Trip Procedures. A. Employees may be employed in addition to their regular duties to drive school buses for field trips and other extracurricular activities, providing they hold the proper license. Regular bus drivers will be paid at their regular rate and substitute drivers will be paid at a substitute rate for field trips and extracurricular activities. B. Bus drivers wishing to drive for field trips and other extracurricular activities may be considered by completing a request to be placed on a list for field trips or other extracurricular activities. Drivers will be assigned field trips by rotation, based upon their accepted options from the list (B1). If a driver turns down the initial request to drive a field trip then they will be placed at the bottom of the field trip list. Drivers will not be eligible for driving field trips unless: 1. Driving the field trip does not interfere with completion of their regular assigned route/duties or 2. The the Director of Transportation or his/her designee approves the use of a substitute to drive the regular route. In either case outlined above the driver would not lose their spot on the field trip list if deemed ineligible. 1. Field trip lists will be coded for: a. Between Routes (BR) b. In-town trips (local after school) (ITT) c. Holidays (6 paid, see Contract 12.9) (HOL) d. Holiday overnight (6 paid, see Contract 12.9) (HOLOVN) e. Day off-(weekdays when schools are closed) (DO) f. Weekends (WE) g. Weekend overnight (WEOVN) h. Out of town (OOT) i. Out of town overnight (OOTOVN) C. There will be two (2) documented attempts over a period of two (2) days to contact a driver. If an answering machine is contacted, a message will be left to call the Transportation office. In the event of less than two days notice of a field trip is given, management will use the first available driver. Drivers who cannot be contacted because of the short notice will not lose their regular rotation. In all instances, after five (5) drivers have refused the trip or not responded, the Director of Transportation or his/her designee may assign a driver for the trip. In the event of a short notice (two hours prior to the trip) the next eligible driver may reject without losing their position on the roster. Except in cases of emergency, in the event a bus driver fails to show for a scheduled field trip, he/she shall forfeit his/her position on that field trip roster for one rotation. Operators who fail to report for assigned trips or who regularly reject trips without legitimate reasons shall be counseled concerning whether they wish to remain on the list. Continuation of either practice shall cause an operator to be deleted from the list. In addition they will not be allowed to make up the trip they failed to show for. D. Management has the right to pass over drivers that would earn overtime if assigned a field trip at that time. Drivers passed over will not lose their regular rotation. E. All trips assigned for the previous month will be posted in the Transportation Department by the tenth of the month. Postings will show persons assigned, hours, dates and number of trips taken. F. Site-Based Management has the right to use school-based paraprofessionals for field trips and will pay the costs associated with the school-based paraprofessionals. School-based paraprofessionals utilized for field trips will be trained prior to the field trip in bus safety procedures. Should there not be a school- based paraprofessional who is trained in bus safety procedures, the bus paraprofessional assigned to the ESE bus will be offered the trip. If said bus paraprofessional declines the trip, the most senior bus paraprofessional will be assigned the trip if available by field trip scheduled departure time. Otherwise, the Transportation Director will assign a qualified bus paraprofessional.two