File: EEA - Student Transportation File: EEA - Student TransportationThe school district's transportation program shall be designed to get students who live an unreasonable walking distance from school or are attending a school other than their assigned school pursuant to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) choice option to school and back in an efficient, safe and economical manner.
General responsibility for the transportation system is vested in the Superintendent. All other people engaged in the transportation program are responsible to that administrator.
It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to provide the Board with regular reports and information regarding the efficiency and conduct of the transportation program.
The district shall operate its own fleet of buses and other types of vehicles as needed.
The district may submit to the voters the question of whether to impose and collect a fee for the payment of excess transportation costs in accordance with state law. If the fee is approved, the revenues shall be deposited in the transportation fund.
The district shall waive any transportation fee resulting from such approval by the voters for any student eligible for reduced price or free lunches as determined by federal regulations.
Adopted: August 1998
Revised: May 25, 2004
LEGAL REFS.: C.R.S. 22-32-110 (1)(a) (hold real property in name of district)
C.R.S. 22-32-113 (transportation of pupils and special election provisions)
C.R.S. 22-32-114 (transportation by parents of own children)
C.R.S. 22-51-101 et seq. (Public School Transportation Fund)
20 U.S.C. 1116 (choice options contained in No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)
CROSS REFS.: DBGA, Budget Referenda
EEA subcodes (all relate to the district's transportation program)
EFC, Free and Reduced Price Food Services
JFBA, Intra-District Choice/Open Enrollment