Common use of Amendments to Service Clause in Contracts

Amendments to Service. A. Additional buses, cancellation of routes, after-school/athletic bus service and route adjustments, must be approved by Pupil Transportation Services prior to implementation. . B. Changes to a Contractor’s route coordination shall be reported to Pupil Transportation Services in a timely manner, (within five business days) so that all changes can be updated to the MPS Trapeze Route Information Program (T.R.I.P.). C. No later than, October 1, 2015, the Contractor must provide a copy of its vehicle coordination listing to Pupil Transportation Services. The copy of the coordination must be in an Excel spreadsheet format, and include the following information as described below: This information must be electronically transferred to Pupil Transportation Services. Paper copy only will not meet this requirement. Contractor must provide a current vehicle coordination listing to Pupil Transportation Services upon request. V. Specifications Pertaining To Riders G-13 Rider Lists: A. Only riders authorized by Milwaukee Public Schools or attending Milwaukee Public Schools/programs are permitted on Milwaukee Public Schools contracted vehicles. B. MPS, private and suburban school administrators shall authorize parents/guardians to ride with their child to and from school with 24 hours notice and on a "seat-available" basis. Contractors may refuse parent/guardian riders due to parent authority interference. Contractors must communicate all refusals to ride to Pupil Transportation Services and to the school administrator. C. Passengers other than pupils or parent riders assigned by Pupil Transportation Services, shall not be carried in the vehicles while they are being used to transport pupils except as otherwise stated or as authorized in writing by Pupil Transportation Services. Breach of this provision will result in immediate cancellation of that route. Private contracts are permitted. Notification of such contracts must be provided to Pupil Transportation Services. D. Contractors shall have access to the Trapeze Route Information Program (T.R.I.P.) to display and print bus route information, including rider lists. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to insure that the bus driver has an updated record of students assigned to the bus. An updated rider list must be available on the bus when it is in service. A route list must not be more than ten (10) days old. Failure to demonstrate that the bus driver has an updated student rider list will result in Liquidated Damages (G-29A (G)). ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ lists are subject to alteration upon notice from Pupil Transportation Services, the respective school principal, or the appropriate Special Education Office via various MPS transaction forms, such as student add/drop/change forms, TF-01 forms. F. At any time that the driver may be concerned about or not recognize a student boarding the bus at a school site, the driver shall seek assistance from an MPS staff member in the area to verify the eligibility of the student to be on the bus. If anyone brings to the attention of the driver at the school site that a student not assigned to the bus has boarded, it is the driver's responsibility to check with the school staff that the student is authorized to be on the bus before departing from the school. G. The contractor agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information regarding student riders which may be obtained from any sources associated with this service, other than information necessary to the performance of service, or the health and safety of the riders.

Amendments to Service. A. Additional buses, cancellation of routes, after-school/athletic bus service and route adjustments, must be approved by Pupil Transportation Services prior to implementation. . B. Changes to a Contractor’s route coordination shall be reported to Pupil Transportation Services in a timely manner, (within five business days) manner so that all changes can be updated to the MPS Trapeze Route Information Program (T.R.I.P.). C. No later than, October 1, 20152013, the Contractor must provide a copy of its vehicle coordination listing to Pupil Transportation Services. The copy of the coordination must be in an Excel spreadsheet format, and include the following information as described below: This information must be electronically transferred to Pupil Transportation Services. Paper copy only will not meet this requirement. Contractor must provide a current vehicle coordination listing to Pupil Transportation Services upon request. V. Specifications Pertaining To Riders G-13 Rider Lists: A. Only riders authorized by Milwaukee Public Schools or attending Milwaukee Public Schools/programs are permitted on Milwaukee Public Schools contracted vehicles. B. MPS, private and suburban school administrators shall authorize parents/guardians to ride with their child to and from school with 24 hours notice and on a "seat-available" basis. Contractors may refuse parent/guardian riders due to parent authority interference. Contractors must communicate all refusals to ride to Pupil Transportation Services and to the school administrator. C. Passengers other than pupils or parent riders assigned by Pupil Transportation Services, shall not be carried in the vehicles while they are being used to transport pupils except as otherwise stated or as authorized in writing by Pupil Transportation Services. Breach of this provision will result in immediate cancellation of that route. Private contracts are permitted. Notification of such contracts must be provided to Pupil Transportation Services. D. Contractors shall have access to the Trapeze Route Information Program (T.R.I.P.) to display and print bus route information, including rider lists. It is the responsibility of the Contractor to insure that the bus driver has an updated record of students assigned to the bus. An updated rider list must be available on the bus when it is in service. A route list must not be more than ten (10) days old. Failure to demonstrate that the bus driver has an updated student rider list will result in Liquidated Damages (G-29A (G)). ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ lists are subject to alteration upon notice from Pupil Transportation Services, the respective school principal, or the appropriate Special Education Office via various Various MPS transaction forms, such as student add/drop/change forms, TF-01 forms. F. At any time that the driver may be concerned about or not recognize a student boarding the bus at a school site, the driver shall seek assistance from an MPS staff member in the area to verify the eligibility of the student to be on the bus. If anyone brings to the attention of the driver at the school site that a student not assigned to the bus has boarded, it is the driver's responsibility to check with the school staff that the student is authorized to be on the bus before departing from the school. G. The contractor agrees to maintain the confidentiality of any information regarding student riders which may be obtained from any sources associated with this service, other than information necessary to the performance of service, or the health and safety of the riders.