In 1997-98, the district operated 10,516 miles for the career and technology program. The reimbursement per mile for the career and technology program is based on the costs for regular education program miles for the previous fiscal year as reported by the district in the TEA School Transportation Operation Report . Exhibit 10-2 displays the general characteristics of AISD compared to peer districts. The Transportation peer districts were chosen based on their similar linear density group and differ from peer groups used elsewhere in this report. Average annual riders calculated by multiplying daily riders by 180 school days.
Costs exclude capital outlay and debt service.
AISD has more annual miles and riders than the peer districts, which accounts for the higher operations costs. AISD, however, has a lower linear density than its peers. While AISD has more annual miles than its peers, its number of annual riders does not increase as much as the miles, which results in a lower linear density. Miles and operation costs used for calculating the cost per mile are taken from the TEA School Transportation Operation Report and are derived from odometer readings. AISD's cost statistics are significantly higher than its peer districts.