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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, 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 one mile
1 14 into the sending district, subject to approval under section
1 15 285.9, subsection 3. If the pupil meets the economic
1 16 eligibility requirements established by the department and
1 17 state board of education, the sending district is responsible
1 18 for providing transportation or paying the pro rata cost of
1 19 the transportation to a parent or guardian for transporting
1 20 the pupil to and from a point on a regular school bus route of
1 21 a contiguous receiving district unless the cost of providing
1 22 transportation or the pro rata cost of the transportation to a
1 23 parent or guardian exceeds the average transportation cost per
1 24 pupil transported for the previous school year in the
1 25 district. If the cost exceeds the average transportation cost
1 26 per pupil transported for the previous school year, the
1 27 sending district shall only be responsible for that average
1 28 per pupil amount. A sending district which provides
1 29 transportation for a pupil to a contiguous receiving district
1 30 under this subsection may withhold from the district cost per
1 31 pupil amount, that is to be paid to the receiving district, an
1 32 amount which represents the average or pro rata cost per pupil
1 33 for transportation, 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 one mile 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 2216XS 78
2 12 kh/jw/5
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