FILE:  EDBA

SCHOOL BOARD-OWNED OR LEASED VEHICLES

The Vermilion Parish School Board shall require that only authorized employees with valid drivers’ licenses be allowed to operate and drive vehicles owned or leased by the School Board.  Authorized employees shall be those employees whom the school system has authorized to drive School Board-owned vehicles after having their driving record and insurance qualifications examined for acceptability by School Board staff.

Use of School Board-owned vehicles for employee and/or student travel shall be limited to a 250 mile radius.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR VEHICLE OPERATION

The Vermilion Parish School Board requires the highest possible standards of safety of its employees in the operation of vehicles owned or leased by the School Board.  Accordingly, no person shall be hired or employed for any position which includes duties involving the operation of a School Board owned or leased vehicle and who has a motor vehicle record with violations for driving while intoxicated or under the influence, leaving the scene of an accident, or other more serious motor vehicle violations, nor whose driver’s license is suspended. 

Any employee of the school system employed for any position which includes duties involving the operation of a School Board owned or leased vehicle shall report by telephone and in writing to the Supervisor of Transportation, any citation, summons, or arrest for driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, driving while intoxicated, leaving the scene of an accident, or driving while license is suspended or other more serious motor vehicle violations.  Such report is required to be made for the use of a district owned or leased vehicle or a personal/private vehicle.  Failure to report any such citations within twenty-four (24) hours after any arrest or citation shall be a violation of this policy and subject the employee to discipline including the possible termination of employment.  All reports to the Supervisor of Transportation shall be forwarded to the personnel office for the appropriate disciplinary action and reporting to the School Board's insurer.  If denied coverage by the insurer, an employee may be terminated.

In the event a citation, summons or arrest involves the operation of a School Board owned or leased vehicle, the driving privileges of an employee may be immediately removed.  For an employee whose primary duty is the driving of a School Board owned or leased vehicle, the employee may be suspended by the School Board without pay, or terminated if the violation results in conviction. 

Adopted:  February 18, 2016

Ref:    La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§14:32.1, 14:32.8, 14:39.2, 14:98, 14:98.1, 14:98.2, 14:100, 17:81, 17:491.3, 17:493

Louisiana School Transportation Specifications and Procedures, Bulletin 119, Louisiana Department of Education

Board minutes, 3-22-12, 2-18-16

Vermilion Parish School Board