Implementing Transportation Regulations

A range of regulations and performance standards, based on scientific research and best practices, govern a Head Start program’s transportation services. Use these resources to guarantee that your program’s transportation system is following federal and state regulations.

Head Start Resources

Requirements for Program Transportation Services

Use this resource to better understand Head Start Program Performance Standards for transportation services.

Mother picking up her child from the school bus.

ACF-IM-HS-14-04 Bus Transportation and Safety

Refer to this Information Memorandum to identify expected safety practices and resources.

Additional Support

Child looking thru the window of an school bus.

National Association of State Directors of Pupil Transportation Services

Find key contacts in school transportation services, event information, and driver training resources.

School bus driving thru highway traffic.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Review relevant regulatory and safety information from the federal agency that oversees the nation’s commercial motor vehicles.

Bus assistant securing a young child to the car seat.

National Highway Transportation Safety Administration

Keep up to date on transportation safety topics at the website of the federal agency whose mission is to reduce deaths, injuries, and economic losses from motor vehicle crashes.

Insurance Institute of Highway Safety

Explore child transportation safety information from an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing deaths, injuries, and property damage from motor vehicle crashes through research and evaluation and through education of consumers, policymakers, and safety professionals.

Transportation Services

Transportation

Transportation