[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of Easttown 12-8-2017 by Ord. No. 432-17.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor’s Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 79, School Crossing Guards, adopted 11-16-2009 by Ord. No. 392-09.
The Board of Supervisors of Easttown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, hereby approves the request of the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District ("school district") to permit the school district to assume the hiring and overseeing of school crossing guards at the school district's facilities and functions.
The school district shall assume full and complete responsibility for the cost of compensation, and any other related costs, of the school crossing guards. An agreement regarding any and all past cost allocations between the Township and school district as to crossing guards shall be by and through a memorandum of understanding or other agreement approved by the respective parties. All prior ordinances, resolutions or agreements as to cost of school crossing guards inconsistent with this chapter are hereby superseded by this chapter.
The school district shall consult with the Easttown Township Police Department as to crossing locations and functions of school crossing guards. The Easttown Township Police Department and the school district shall jointly provide for an efficient and prompt method by which school crossing guards may request any necessary assistance from police and other emergency personnel if the need arises.