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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, a receiving 1 8 district may send school vehicles into the district of 1 9 residence of the pupilusing theparticipating in open 1 10 enrollmentoption 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, thesendingreceiving 1 16 district is responsible for providing transportation or paying 1 17 the pro rata cost of the transportation to a parent or 1 18 guardian for transporting the pupil to and from a point on a 1 19 regular school bus route of a contiguousreceivingsending 1 20 districtunless the cost of providing transportation or the1 21pro rata cost of the transportation to a parent or guardian1 22exceeds the average transportation cost per pupil transported1 23for the previous school year in the district. If the cost 1 24 exceeds the average transportation cost per pupil transported 1 25 for the previous school year, thesendingreceiving district 1 26 shall only be responsible for that average per pupil amount. 1 27A sending district which provides transportation for a pupil1 28to a contiguous receiving district under this subsection may1 29withhold from the district cost per pupil amount, that is to1 30be paid to the receiving district, an amount which represents1 31the average or pro rata cost per pupil for transportation,1 32whichever is less.1 33 EXPLANATION 1 34 This bill permits a receiving district to send a school 1 35 vehicle into the school district of residence in order to 2 1 transport a child open enrolled in the receiving district. 2 2 Currently, the Code requires that both the sending and 2 3 receiving districts agree to the transportation arrangement. 2 4 In situations where a pupil participating in open 2 5 enrollment meets certain economic eligibility requirements, 2 6 the bill switches, from the sending district to the receiving 2 7 district, the responsibility for providing transportation or 2 8 paying the pro rata cost of the transportation to a parent or 2 9 guardian for transporting the pupil. The bill strikes Code 2 10 language that caps the financial responsibility to not more 2 11 than the average transportation cost per pupil transported for 2 12 the previous school year in the district. 2 13 The bill also strikes Code language that permits a sending 2 14 district to withhold the district cost per pupil amount that 2 15 would otherwise be paid to the receiving district if the 2 16 sending district transports a pupil to the receiving district. 2 17 LSB 5574XS 78 2 18 kh/cls/14.1
Text: SF02126 Text: SF02128 Text: SF02100 - SF02199 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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