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Equity for students with disabilities. Have you made an allowance for students with disabilities to be transported to school? If public transport is their only option, are you discussing transport options with public transport operators? Have you considered that contracting with private or public transport operators may be an option? Can school hours be adjusted to better accommodate public transport? Will school bus drivers or
support personnel need to change? To what level and with what hours?
Funding. Is funding available or other provisions made for needed personnel, vehicles, cleaning supplies, and personal protective equipment? Can you identify additional sources of funding?
Service scheduling and routing scenarios. There are many different scenarios for reducing class sizes to allow for social separation. Different groups of students may attend morning and afternoon classes, or alternate classroom instruction so that groups meet every other day or every other week.
Most of these questions apply to all students, not just to students with disabilities. Asking the right questions will take us a long way towards addressing school transportation problems.
These two documents provide a starting point for thinking about prioritizing your planning in the face of the global pandemic. Most of these questions apply to all students, not just to students with disabilities.
- Let's Help Children with Disabilities Ride to School
- Let's Help Children with Disabilities Walk to School
Source: Access Exchange International