KRS § 157.370 — KY Code / Title XIII / Chapter 157 / Section 157.370
157.370 Allotment of transportation units
Status: in_force

157.370 Allotment of transportation units.

(1) In determining the cost of transportation for each district, the chief state school

officer shall determine the average cost per pupil per day of transporting pupils in

districts having a similar density of transported pupils per square mile of area

served by not less than nine (9) different density groups.

(2) The annual cost of transportation shall include all current costs for each district plus

annual depreciation of pupil transportation vehicles calculated in accordance with

the administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board of Education for such districts

that operate district-owned vehicles.

(3) The aggregate and average daily attendance of transported pupils shall include all

public school pupils transported at public expense who live one (1) mile or more

from school. Children with disabilities may be included who live less than this

distance from school. The aggregate and average daily attendance referred to in this

subsection shall be the aggregate and average daily attendance of transported pupils

the prior year adjusted for current year increases in accordance with Kentucky

Board of Education administrative regulations.

(4) The square miles of area served by transportation shall be determined by

subtracting from the total area in square miles of the district the area not served by

transportation in accordance with administrative regulations of the Kentucky Board

of Education. However, if one (1) district authorizes another district to provide

transportation services for a part of its area, this area shall be deducted from the

area served by the authorizing district and added to the area served by the district

actually providing the transportation.

(5) The density of transported pupils per square mile of area served for each district

shall be determined by dividing the average daily attendance of transported pupils

by the number of square miles of area served by transportation.

(6) The chief state school officer shall determine the average cost per pupil per day of

transporting pupils in districts having a similar density by constructing a smoothed

graph of cost for the density groups required by subsection (1). This graph shall be

used to construct a scale showing the average costs of transportation for districts

having a similar density of transported pupils. Costs shall be determined separately

for county school districts and independent school districts. No independent school

district will receive an average cost per pupil per day in excess of the minimum

received by any county district or districts. These costs shall be the costs per pupil

per day of transported pupils included in the public school fund and these costs

shall be recalculated each biennium.

(7) The scale of transportation costs included in the fund to support education

excellence in Kentucky for county and independent districts is determined in

accordance with the provisions of KRS 157.310 to 157.440 for the biennium

beginning July 1, 1990.

(8) The cost of transporting a district's pupils from the parent school to a state

vocational-technical school or to a vocational educational center shall be calculated

separately from the calculation required by subsections (1) through (7) of this

section. The amount calculated shall be paid separately to each district from

program funds budgeted for vocational pupil transportation, as a reimbursement

based on the district's cost for providing this service. The amount of reimbursement

shall be calculated in accordance with Kentucky Board of Education administrative

regulations. In the event that the appropriation for vocational pupil transportation in

the biennial budget is insufficient to meet the total calculated cost of this service for

all districts, the amount paid to each district shall be ratably reduced. For the

purpose of this subsection, the parent school shall be interpreted to mean that school

in which the pupil is officially enrolled in a district's public common school system.

(9) The Kentucky Board of Education shall determine the type of pupil with a disability

that qualifies for special type transportation to and from school. Those qualified

pupils for which the district provides special type transportation shall have their

aggregate days' attendance multiplied by five (5.0) and added to that part of the

district's aggregate days' attendance that is multiplied by the district's adjusted cost

per pupil per day in determining the district's pupil transportation program cost for

allotment purposes.