[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR1310.12]

[Page 251]
 
                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 1310--HEAD START TRANSPORTATION--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart B--Transportation Requirements
 
Sec. 1310.12  Required use of School Buses or Allowable Alternate Vehicles.

    (a) Effective January 18, 2006, each agency providing transportation 
services must ensure that children enrolled in its program are 
transported in school buses or allowable alternate vehicles that are 
equipped for use of height- and weight-appropriate child restraint 
systems, and that have reverse beepers. As provided in 45 CFR 1310.2(a), 
this paragraph does not apply to transportation services to children 
served under the home-based option for Head Start and Early Head Start.
    (b) Effective February 20, 2001, each Head Start and Early Head 
Start agency receiving permission from the responsible HHS official to 
purchase a vehicle with grant funds for use in providing transportation 
services to children in its program or a delegate agency's program must 
ensure that the funds are used to purchase a vehicle that is either a 
school bus or an allowable alternate vehicle and is equipped
    (1) for use of height- and weight-appropriate child restraint 
systems; and
    (2) with a reverse beeper.
    (c) As provided in 45 CFR 1310.2(a), paragraph (b) of this section 
does not apply to vehicles purchased for use in transporting children 
served under the home-based option for Head Start and Early Head Start.

    Effective Date Note: At 66 FR 5311, Jan. 18, 2001, Sec. 1310.12 
paragraph (a) was added, effective January 18, 2006.