L – 023What restraint requirements must be met for a child weighing over 50 pounds riding a Head Start school bus?
Head Start Program Performance Standard 45 CFR 1310.11(a) states: Effective June 21, 2004, each agency providing transportation services must ensure that each vehicle used to transport children receiving such services is equipped for use of height- and weight-appropriate child safety restraint systems. This Standard is available online on the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC) web site at: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/Program Design and Management/Head Start Requirements/Head Start Requirements/1310/1310.11 Child Restraint Systems..htm Information regarding the proper use of child safety restraint systems is available online at: http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/Program Design and Management/Transportation/Transportation PathFinder?menu=VIEW&Act=NHTSA&id=4&title=Proper Use of Child Safety Restraint Systems in School Buses Requirement 45 CFR 1310.