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WALKERS  AND  RIDERS

The Board authorizes the administration to provide regular school bus transportation to and from school for the following categories:

•   Students with disabilities who require transportation, as indicated in their respective individual education programs including three (3) and four (4) year-old developmentally disabled children.

•   Students living within a two (2) mile radius of the school where hazardous or difficult routes exist and where other arrangements cannot be provided.

•   Students who are residents within a school attendance area and:

▪   If students in grades pre-kindergarten through six (6), live more than one (1) mile from the school.

▪   If students in grades seven (7) through nine (9), live more than a mile and a half (1 1/2) from the school.

▪   If students in grades ten (10) through twelve (12), live more than two (2) miles from the school.

•   Transportation for homeless students to their school of enrollment, if it is the school of origin, will be arranged as needed by the school liaison for homeless students.

Transportation  Zones

The following stipulations will define bus transportation zones and other items that may affect students in open enrollment.

Student(s) who select the freedom of choice alternative in school attendance, and commute from one zone to another must provide individual means of transportation.  The District assumes no responsibility in freedom of choice transportation endeavors nor will the District provide transportation for the students.

Transfers must be made at the beginning of a semester.  If an emergency arises or reasonable justification can be provided, the school principal will review the request.  In the event the principal negates the request, the matter may be presented to the Superintendent and ultimately to the Board for a decision.  Transfer students will be expected to remain in the school of their choice until the close of the semester in which they are enrolled.

Students may be denied enrollment in a school out of their attendance boundary if the school of their choice is overcrowded.

Adopted:   date of manual adoption

LEGAL REF.:
22-16-4 NMSA (1978)
42 U.S.C. 11301, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001, as amended by the Every Student
   Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015

CROSS REF.:
JFABD - Admission of Homeless Students