The Office of Educational Tours and Athletics is currently undergoing changes in the way transportation requests are being handled. The goal of OETA is to improve efficiency of the field trip process, provide safe, efficient, and timely transportation for field trips and athletic teams. (309) 693-4418

Fees Hourly Rate (Driver): $17.86 per hour Hourly Rate (Monitor): $13.79 per hour Mileage: $1.98 per mile 

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Field Trip Guidelines 

• Before any notice or information of an out-of-state trip is given to parents or students, you must have prior approval by the Superintendent/designee and the School Board.

• The transportation department can only accept a field trip request once it has been approved by the Central Office and Title I (if applicable). 

• Transportation will decide whether a school will use district buses or Charter bus.

• Principals should not be contacting bus companies to set up any trips.

• Account numbers must be on the field trip request for or it will be returned.

• In-state field trips need 2 weeks prior approval from your IIO.

• Please note the deadline for out-of-state field trips is 1 month in advance.

• Cancelations must be made no later than 24 hours in advance. Failure to do so will result in the school being charged for the total amount of the trip.

• Phone calls to reserve buses will not be accepted.

• The transportation department requires notice of field trips with ten (10) business days notice (this is AFTER approval from the Central Office).

• Field trip buses must return to their school site no later than 1:30 PM.

Field Trip Evaluations

At the conclusion of your field trip, we encourage you to fill out the Field Trip Evaluation Form and return to the Director of Transportation. This enables you to evaluate the driver's skills and, at the same time, keep the Transportation Department informed of how we are conducting field trips. Continual improvement of our overall service and performance is high on our list of priorities.

Field Trip Evaluation Form

Athletics

Athletic Directors, Coaches, Sponsors, etc. should fill out and submit the Athletic Transportation Form to the transportation department with their schedule of away games at the start of the school year (or at least two (2) weeks prior to the event). It will be the responsibility of the AD, Coach, Sponsor to inform the transportation department of any changes at least five (5) business days in advance.

Failure to follow these procedures may result in a delay of service or the request being denied. Safety is the transportation department's number one priority as well as service to students of the district on regular, every day routes. 

Van Request 

• Capacity is 7 passengers and 1 driver

• Only one van is available for use in the district

• All van requests are to be through Triptracker