[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR1310.12]



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                        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



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    (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(a) 

was added, effective January 18, 2006.