Text: HF00177 Text: HF00179 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 10, Code 1999, is 1 2 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, subject to section 1 8 285.9, subsection 3, a receiving district may send school 1 9 vehicles into the district of residence of the pupil using the 1 10 open enrollment option under this section, for the purpose of 1 11 transporting the pupil to and from school in the receiving 1 12 district, if the boards of both the sending and receiving1 13districts agree to this arrangement. If the pupil meets the 1 14 economic eligibility requirements established by the 1 15 department and state board of education, the sending district 1 16 is responsible for providing transportation or paying the pro 1 17 rata cost of the transportation to a parent or guardian for 1 18 transporting the pupil to and from a point on a regular school 1 19 bus route of a contiguous receiving district unless the cost 1 20 of providing transportation or the pro rata cost of the 1 21 transportation to a parent or guardian exceeds the average 1 22 transportation cost per pupil transported for the previous 1 23 school year in the district. If the cost exceeds the average 1 24 transportation cost per pupil transported for the previous 1 25 school year, the sending district shall only be responsible 1 26 for that average per pupil amount. A sending district which 1 27 provides transportation for a pupil to a contiguous receiving 1 28 district under this subsection may withhold from the district 1 29 cost per pupil amount, that is to be paid to the receiving 1 30 district, an amount which represents the average or pro rata 1 31 cost per pupil for transportation, whichever is less. 1 32 EXPLANATION 1 33 This bill permits a receiving school district to send 1 34 school vehicles into the district of residence of a pupil 1 35 using the open enrollment option for the purpose of 2 1 transporting the pupil to and from school without the specific 2 2 approval of the district of residence. The Iowa Code 2 3 provides, however, that the area education agency has the 2 4 authority to approve all bus routes outside the boundary of 2 5 the district of the school operating the buses. Current law 2 6 permits such transportation only if the boards of the sending 2 7 and receiving districts both agree to a transportation 2 8 arrangement. 2 9 LSB 1475YH 78 2 10 kh/sc/14
Text: HF00177 Text: HF00179 Text: HF00100 - HF00199 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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