RELATES TO:
KRS
156.031,
157.280
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
KRS
157.280 requires each local school district
to provide for weekly transportation for its resident pupils at the Kentucky
Schools for the Blind and Deaf except those whose residence is more than 200
miles one way from either school shall not be required to go home more than
twice each month. Transportation shall be provided in a manner approved by the
State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education.
KRS
157.280 also mandates reimbursement of local
districts, at the same rate per trip as for resident pupils, but from the
Transportation Fund of the Fund to Support Education Excellence in Kentucky,
for transportation, as approved by the State Board, which may be provided to
and from such schools for day pupils. This administrative regulation
establishes the rate of reimbursement for providing home-to-school
transportation for such pupils enrolled at the Kentucky School for the Blind
and the Kentucky School for the Deaf.
Section
1.
(1) The chief state school
officer shall determine the number of:
(a)
Pupils residing in each school district of the state who are resident pupils at
the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky or the Kentucky
School for the Deaf in Danville, Kentucky; and
(b) Miles the county seat of the district in
which the pupil resides is from Louisville or Danville.
(2) He shall then determine the aggregate
number of pupil miles which would result in each child enrolled in either the
School for the Blind at Louisville, or the School for the Deaf in Danville,
making weekly trips home each year.
(3) The aggregate number of pupil miles
determined will be divided into the total appropriation made for this program
in order to establish a tentative value per pupil mile.
Section 2. On or before October 15 of each
year, the chief state school officer shall provide each school district with a
"tentative allotment report" which contains the number of resident children in
each program in each school district and the tentative allotment to that school
district for the weekly transportation of resident children.
Section 3.
(1) On or before May 31 of each year each
school district shall certify to the chief state school officer the number of:
(a) Children; and
(b) Trips each child was provided home, not
to exceed one (1) round trip each week the child was enrolled in either of the
schools.
(2) Distances
used to generate pupil miles shall not exceed the distance provided in the
tentative allocation which is the distance from the cities of Louisville or
Danville to the county seat of the district in which the pupil is a resident.
Section 4.
(1) On or before May 31 of each year, the
superintendent of a local school district qualifying for reimbursement for
transportation by reason of this administrative regulation shall certify to the
chief state school officer the aggregate pupil miles for resident pupils for
which reimbursement is sought.
(2)
Based upon the certification of the local school district, the chief state
school officer shall, on or before June 30 of each year, determine the final
value of the pupil mile.
(3) The
final value of the pupil mile shall be determined by dividing the aggregate
pupil miles certified into the appropriation contained in the executive
budget.
(4) The chief state school
officer shall calculate a final allotment for each school district having
children enrolled in the Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School
for the Deaf as resident pupils.
Section 5.
(1) The chief state school officer shall
determine the number of pupils enrolled in each school district as day school
pupils that are provided daily transportation to the Kentucky School for the
Blind in Louisville and the Kentucky School for the Deaf in Danville.
(2) He shall determine the number of miles by
the most direct route from the child's residence to the school that they attend
in either Danville or Louisville.
(3) He shall then determine the aggregate
number of pupil miles from each pupil's home to school and back home again,
making a maximum of 175 trips per year.
Section 6.
(1) On or before May 31 of each year, the
superintendent of a local school district qualifying for reimbursement for
transportation by reason of Section 5 of this administrative regulation shall
certify to the chief state school officer the aggregate pupil miles for which
reimbursement is sought.
(2) The
chief state school officer, based upon the certification of the local school
district, shall calculate a final allotment for reimbursement purposes for each
school district having children enrolled as day school pupils in the Kentucky
School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf.
(3) The reimbursement rate to be paid from
the Transportation Fund of the Fund to Support Education Excellence in Kentucky
shall be the same rate per pupil mile as calculated in Section 4 of this
administrative regulation for resident pupils.
