The transportation regulations contained herein provide students who are New York City residents with pupil transportation to and from school by contract bus or common carrier service according to grade, distance and program. Implementation mechanisms and limitations are part of these regulations.
Hydraulic Lift - must each have a registered, minimum total seating
capacity with seat belts of fifteen special education passengers with the
following seating configurations: eight students who use wheelchairs, seven
ambulatory passengers, and one escort. The seating configurations are subject
to change depending on the needs of the children aboard the vehicle. Each
vehicle is designed so that the driver and escort can assist a pupil in a
wheelchair into and out of the vehicle by use of the lift without any
discomfort or danger to the pupil. Each vehicle must be equipped with tie-down
passive restraint devices to anchor each wheelchair securely to the vehicle.
