Butte School District

Noninstructional Operations

8100

Transportation

The District may provide transportation to and from school for a student who:

1. Resides three (3) or more miles, over the shortest practical route, from the nearest operating public elementary or public high school; 
2. Is a student with a disability, whose IEP identifies transportation as a related service; or
3. Has another compelling and legally sufficient reason to receive transportation services.

The District may elect to reimburse the parent or guardian of a student for individually transporting any eligible student.

The type of transportation provided by the District may be by a school bus or other vehicle, or by such individual transportation as paying the parent or guardian for individually transporting the pupil. The Board may pay board and room reimbursements, provide supervised correspondence study, or provide supervised home study. The Board may authorize children attending an approved private school to ride a school bus, provided that space is available and a fee is assessed to cover an ineligible public school student, provided that the parent or guardian pays a proportionate share of transportation services. Fees that are collected for the transportation of ineligible students shall be deposited in the transportation fund. Transportation issues that cannot be resolved by the Board may be appealed to the county transportation committee.

Homeless students shall be transported in accordance with the McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and state law.
 

Legal Reference:
                                 § 20-10-101, MCA        Definitions
                                 § 20-10-121, MCA        Duty of trustees to provide transportation – types                                                                          of transportation – bus riding time limitation
                                 § 20-10-122, MCA        Discretionary provision of transportation and                                                                                  payment for this transportation
                                 § 20-10-123, MCA        Provision of transportation for nonpublic school                                                                              children
                                 10.7.101, et seq., ARM      Pupil Transportation
                                 10.64.101-700, et seq., ARM     Transportation

Policy History:
Adopted on: 2/22/06
Revised on:  11/19/18