The Toronto Student Transportation Group was formed to help facilitate the planning, maintenance, operation, and delivery of student transportation services in the City of Toronto. With a diverse and extensive special needs population within the City and a major urban geographical centre, Toronto provides an array of transportation solutions to meet the needs of our stakeholders. In order to meet the needs of our stakeholders and ensure the consistency of service delivery that we provide it is important that the parameters that we work within are well documented and followed. As transportation services are contracted out, this manual has been established to provide those polices practices, protocols, and guidelines that the consortium expects our contracted carriers to follow.

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1 Executive Summary -- 2 Background -- 3 Policies - Transportation -- 3.1 TCDSB -- 3.1.1 Transportation - S.T.01 -- 3.1.2 Transportation - Procedure for annual review -- 3.1.3 T.T.C. Identification cards S.T.04 -- 3.1.4 Program transportation S.T.05 -- 3.1.5 Placement of pupils SA.02 -- 3.2 TDSB -- 3.2.1 Policy -- 4 Summary Comparison -- 4.1 Regular Home to School -- 4.2 Special Education --5 Procedural Items -- 5.1 Behaviour Management. -- 5.2 Drop-off Protocol -- 5.3 Accidents -- 5.4 Lockdowns -- 5.5 School Bus Safety Programs -- 5.6 Transporting Articles û School Bus Trips -- 5.7 Transporting Articles û School Bus -- 5.8 Inclement Weather -- 5.9 Student Allegations -- 5.10 Missing Student -- 5.11 Bus Stop Criteria -- 5.12 Changing Bell Times -- 5.13 Contagious Diseases -- 5.14 Late Field Trips -- 5.15 Missed Bus -- 5.16 Multiple Address Transportation -- 5.17 Per Request Student Transportation -- 5.18 Restraint Systems -- 5.19 School Bus Parking on School Property -- 5.20 Transportation Budget Process -- 5.21 Transportation of Oxygen -- 5.22 Transportation of Service Animals -- 5.23 Students in Governmental Care -- 5.24 Records Management -- 5.25 Extreme Heat -- 5.26 Taxi Use -- 6 Policies - General -- 7 Transportation Services for Students with Special Needs -- 7.1 Executive Summary -- 7.2 Background -- 7.3 Laws, Policies and Regulations -- 7.4 Transport Canada -- 7.5 The Acts -- 7.6 Canadian Standards Association -- 7.7 Accessibility for Ontarians Disability Act -- 7.8 Children’s Aid Society- Child & Family Services Act -- 7.9 Sabrina’s Law -- 7.10 Good Samaritan Act -- 7.11 Ryan’s Law -- 7.12 Personal Information Protection & Electronic Documents Act -- 7.13 Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act -- 8 Roles & Responsibilities -- 8.1 School District -- 8.2 Principal -- 8.3 Bus Driver. -- 8.4 Transportation Department -- 8.5 Superintendent -- 8.6 Parent -- 8.7 Student -- 8.8 Program Services -- 8.9 Ministry of Education -- 8.10 Educational Assistants -- 8.11 Child Youth Workers -- 8.12 Nurse -- 9 Special Needs Plan -- 9.1 TDSB Special Education Plan -- 9.2 TCDSB Special Education Plan --10 Specialized Equipment --10.1 Vehicles --10.2 Vehicle Equipment --10.3 Occupant Protection --10.4 Child Safety Restraint Systems --11 Emergency Evacuation --11.1 Evacuation Equipment --11.2 Evacuation Methods --11.3 Emergency Evacuation Drills -- 12 Resources -- 13 Forms & Documents -- 14 Transportation Safety -- 15 Level of Service -- 16 Approved Vendors -- 17 Contact Information.