15-922
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15-922. Duties of the school district; definition A. Each school district shall within twelve days after the first one hundred days or two hundred days in session, as applicable, certify to the superintendent of public instruction, in an electronic format as prescribed by the department of education, the following: 1. The daily route mileage of the school district in the current year. The route mileage shall not include more than twenty miles each way to and from the school of attendance or to and from a pickup point on a regular transportation route to transport eligible students who reside in nonadjacent school districts. 2. The route mileage of the school district in the current year transporting eligible students for an extended school year services in accordance with section 15-881. 3. The number of eligible students transported during the current year. B. Each school district shall on or before July 15 of the current year certify to the superintendent of public instruction the following: 1. For each bus operated by the school district, the following: (a) The odometer reading as of the end of the current year. (b) An inventory of each school bus owned by the school district including: (i) Manufacturer of the bus. (ii) Date of purchase. (iii) Purchase price. (iv) Capacity for passengers. (v) Type of fuel used. 2. The total bus mileage during the current year. 3. The road conditions upon which eligible students are transported reported in a format specified by the superintendent of public instruction. 4. The total bus mileage for the current year for academic and career and technical education and vocational education and athletic trips reported in a format specified by the superintendent of public instruction. C. A school district shall meet the requirements of this section to receive state aid. The superintendent of public instruction may withhold a school district's apportionment of state aid if it is determined by the superintendent of public instruction that the school district is not complying with the requirements of this section. D. For the purposes of this article and section 15-901, "school bus" or "bus" means a bus as defined in section 28-101, except that the passenger capacity standards prescribed in that section do not apply. |