[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
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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