•Passing Buses on School Grounds
It is the policy of the Education Program to adhere to the NYS Laws and Regulations for school bus drivers, monitors, and attendants.
Student Loading and Unloading Procedures
According to regulatory guidelines, the driver of every bus shall keep such red signal lamps lighted whenever passengers are being received and discharged or whenever he has stopped within fifty feet to the rear of a vehicle with such red signal lamps lighted, and shall light all other signal lamps, as a warning, prior to stopping to receive or discharge passengers. Please note: the above applies on private roads, parking lots, and school grounds, as well as public roadways.
Bus Driver's Role in Permitting Motorists to Proceed Through Flashing Lights
The driver of a vehicle upon a highway, street, and/or school grounds upon meeting or overtaking from either direction any school bus which has stopped for the purposes of receiving or discharging passengers, or which has stopped because a school bus in front of it has stopped shall not proceed until such school bus resumes motion, or until signaled by the driver or a police officer to proceed.
Please note that there are fines for motorists convicted of passing a stopped school bus. Passing a stopped school bus is a five-point violation.
•Medical Absence/Clearance To Return to School
Absences due to medical reasons will be monitored by the nursing department. It is the policy of the Education Program that all children who have been hospitalized or have been absent for 10 days or more, due to medical concerns, must have clearance from a private medical doctor to return to program.
•Parent Access and Review of Medical Records
It is the policy of the Education Program that, upon request, a parent may obtain an appointment with the staff physician or Director of Educational Services (Records Review Officer) to review his/her child's chart which is located in Medical Records.
Information contained in a Medical Chart, shall be considered confidential. Parents are informed of their right to review their child's chart via an annual parent letter and Center Post publication. Any and all information documented by staff concerning or relating to a child's program while enrolled at UCP may be reviewed by a parent.
•Medical Documentation
The Children's Center at UCP requires having a student's medical status in order to provide a safe and appropriate educational plan. Upon a child's entering our program, it is the Social Worker's responsibility to apprise the parent(s) of the required need for any/all medical records that are pertinent to providing a safe and appropriate educational plan. Parents are requested to provide on an annual basis updated medical information that assists in providing a safe and appropriate educational plan for their child.
•Smoking
In compliance with the Clean Indoor Air Act of New York State, and in recognition of the impact of second-hand smoke on others, the following procedures related to the smoking and other use of tobacco products have been adopted.
Smoking and other use of tobacco products are totally prohibited in all indoor areas at all times.
- Smoking and other use of tobacco products are further prohibited whenever a UCP-sanctioned activity involving children is occurring.
- Smoking also is prohibited in closed and open courtyards, and buses;while anywhere on school grounds.
- This smoking policy/procedure shall be prominently posted in the workplace and a written copy of the policy will be given upon request to any existing or prospective employees.
- No-smoking signs, or the international no-smoking symbol, which consists of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a circle with a bar across it, must be posted and properly maintained where smoking is regulated by this law and policy.
- It is the intent that this law and related smoking regulations will be self-enforcing by the employees/visitors of UCPas a shared responsibility.
- Supervisors finding employees in violation of The Children's Center at UCP policy/procedure related to tobacco are responsible for corrective action and progressive discipline, as appropriate.
- The external enforcement agency is the Suffolk County Department of Health, which is empowered to enforce the law and levy fines up to $500 per incident.
- These rules apply 24 hours a day throughout the UCP Smiths Lane Campus.