[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: 45CFR1310.21]



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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 C_Special Requirements

 

Sec. 1310.21  Safety education.



    (a) Each agency must provide training for parents and children in 

pedestrian safety. The training provided to children must be 

developmentally appropriate and an integral part of program experiences. 

The need for an adult to accompany a preschool child while crossing the 

street must be emphasized in the training provided to parents and 

children. The required transportation and pedestrian safety education of 

children and parents, except for the bus evacuation drills required by 

paragraph (d) of this section, must be provided within the first thirty 

days of the program year.

    (b) Each agency providing transportation services, directly or 

through another organization or an individual, must ensure that children 

who receive such services are taught:

    (1) safe riding practices;

    (2) safety procedures for boarding and leaving the vehicle;

    (3) safety procedures in crossing the street to and from the vehicle 

at stops;

    (4) recognition of the danger zones around the vehicle; and

    (5) emergency evacuation procedures, including participating in an 

emergency evacuation drill conducted on the vehicle the child will be 

riding.

    (c) Each agency providing transportation services must provide 

training for parents that:

    (1) emphasizes the importance of escorting their children to the 

vehicle stop and the importance of reinforcing the training provided to 

children regarding vehicle safety; and

    (2) complements the training provided to their children so that 

safety practices can be reinforced both in Head Start and at home by the 

parent.

    (d) Each agency providing transportation services must ensure that 

at least two bus evacuation drills in addition to the one required under 

paragraph (b)(5) of this section are conducted during the program year.

    (e) Each agency providing transportation services must develop 

activities to remind children of the safety procedures. These activities 

must be developmentally appropriate, individualized and be an integral 

part of the Head Start or Early Head Start program activities.



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