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1 1 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 10, Code Supplement
1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 10. Notwithstanding section 285.1 relating to
1 4 transportation of nonresident pupils, the parent or guardian
1 5 is responsible for transporting the pupil without
1 6 reimbursement to and from a point on a regular school bus
1 7 route of the receiving district. However, a receiving
1 8 district may send school vehicles into the district of
1 9 residence of the pupil using the open enrollment option under
1 10 this section, for the purpose of transporting the pupil to and
1 11 from school in the receiving district, if the boards of both
1 12 the sending and receiving districts agree to this arrangement
1 13 or if the receiving district advances no more than two miles
1 14 into the sending district, subject to section 285.9. If the
1 15 pupil meets the economic eligibility requirements established
1 16 by the department and state board of education, the sending
1 17 district is responsible for providing transportation or paying
1 18 the pro rata cost of the transportation to a parent or
1 19 guardian for transporting the pupil to and from a point on a
1 20 regular school bus route of a contiguous receiving district
1 21 unless the cost of providing transportation or the pro rata
1 22 cost of the transportation to a parent or guardian exceeds the
1 23 average transportation cost per pupil transported for the
1 24 previous school year in the district. If the cost exceeds the
1 25 average transportation cost per pupil transported for the
1 26 previous school year, the sending district shall only be
1 27 responsible for that average per pupil amount. A sending
1 28 district which provides transportation for a pupil to a
1 29 contiguous receiving district under this subsection may
1 30 withhold from the district cost per pupil amount, that is to
1 31 be paid to the receiving district, an amount which represents
1 32 the average or pro rata cost per pupil for transportation,
1 33 whichever is less.
1 34 EXPLANATION
1 35 This bill permits a receiving district to send school
2 1 vehicles into the district of residence to transport a pupil
2 2 participating in open enrollment if the receiving district
2 3 advances no more than two miles into the sending district,
2 4 subject to the approval of the route by the area education
2 5 agency. The Code requires each area education agency to
2 6 approve all bus routes outside the boundary of the district of
2 7 the school operating the buses.
2 8 Currently, a receiving district may send school vehicles
2 9 into the district of residence in an open enrollment situation
2 10 only if both districts agree to the arrangement.
2 11 LSB 3140YH 77
2 12 kh/jw/5
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