Code No. 711.5
Non-Instructional Operations and Business Services
Transportation of Nonresident and Nonpublic Students
The board has sole discretion to determine the method to be utilized for transporting nonresident and nonpublic students. Nonresident students paying tuition may be, and resident students attending a nonpublic school accredited by the State Department of Education will be, transported on a public school vehicle route as long as such transportation does not interfere with resident public students’ transportation. Nonresident and nonpublic school students shall obtain the permission of the superintendent prior to being transported by the school district.
Parents of resident students who provide transportation for their children attending a nonpublic school accredited by the State Department of Education will be reimbursed at the established state rate. This reimbursement shall be paid only if the school district receives the funds from the state. If less than the amount of funds necessary to fully reimburse parents of the nonpublic students is received by the school district, the funds shall be prorated.
The charge to the nonresident students shall be determined based on the students pro rata share of the actual costs for transportation. The parents of these students shall be billed for the students’ share of the actual costs of transportation. The billing shall be according to the schedule developed by the superintendent. It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to determine the amount to be charged and report it to the board secretary for billing.
Continued transportation of nonresident and nonpublic school students on a public school vehicle route will be subject to resident public school students’ transportation needs. The superintendent shall make a recommendation annually to the board regarding the method to be used. In making a recommendation to the board, the superintendent shall consider the number of students to be transported, the capacity of the school vehicles, the budget of the school district, and other factors deemed relevant by the board, the superintendent, or the director of transportation.
Nonresident and nonpublic school students are subject to the same conduct regulations as resident public students as prescribed by board policy, and to other policies, rules, or regulations developed by the school district regarding transportation of students by the school district.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code Chapters 285.1-.2, .10, .16 (2003).
Cross Reference: 710 Transportation
Approved: May 8, 1989
Reviewed: February 22, 2005
Reviewed: May 21, 2018
Revised: February 22, 2005