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MT Code § 20-10-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-104. Penalty for violating law or rules

  20-10-104. Penalty for violating law or rules. (1) Every district, its trustees and employees, and every person under a transportation contract with a district is subject to the policies prescribed by the board of public education and the rules prescribed by the superintendent of public instruction. When a district knowingly violates a transportation law or board of public education transportation policy, the district shall forfeit any reimbursement otherwise payable under 20-10-145 and 20-10-146 for any bus miles actually traveled during that fiscal year in violation of the law or policies.   (2) A district knowingly violates a transportation law or board of public education policy when it operates a bus route in a manner that does not comply with state law or board policy related to student safety. As provided in 20-10-141(1), a district that operates a bus route not approved by its county transportation committee may not receive transportation reimbursement on that route, but if the route is operated in compliance with transportation law, the operation of the routes is not a violation that will result in the forfeiture of all transportation aid to the district.   (3) The county superintendent shall suspend all reimbursements payable to the district under 20-10-145 and 20-10-146 for all miles being traveled, including both miles being traveled in compliance with the transportation laws or policies and miles being traveled in violation of the transportation laws or policies, until the district corrects the violation. When the district corrects the violation, the county superintendent shall pay all reimbursements otherwise payable under 20-10-145 and 20-10-146, including amounts suspended during the violation, but the amount forfeited under subsection (1) may not be paid to the district.   (4) When a person operating a bus under contract with a district knowingly fails to comply with the transportation law or the board of public education transportation policies, the district may not pay the person for any bus miles traveled during the contract year in violation of law or policies. Upon discovering a violation, the trustees of the district shall give written notice to the person that unless the violation is corrected within 10 days of the giving of notice, the contract will be canceled. The trustees of a district shall order the operation of a bus operated under contract suspended when the bus is being operated in violation of transportation law or policies and the trustees find that the violation jeopardizes the safety of pupils.   History: En. 75-7006 by Sec. 283, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 78, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7006; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 427, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-10-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-105. Determination of residence

  20-10-105. Determination of residence. When the residence of an eligible transportee is a matter of controversy and is an issue before a board of trustees, a county transportation committee, or the superintendent of public instruction, except as provided in 20-9-707, the residence must be established on the basis of the general state residence law as provided in 1-1-215. Whenever the state is determined to be responsible for paying tuition for any pupil in accordance with 20-5-321 through 20-5-323, the residence of the pupil for tuition purposes is the residence of the pupil for transportation purposes.   History: En. 75-7016 by Sec. 293, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 20, Ch. 266, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7016; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 563, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 132, L. 2005; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 463, L. 2005.
MT Code § 20-10-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-106. Determination of mileage distances

  20-10-106. Determination of mileage distances. When the mileage distance that transportation services are to be provided is a matter of controversy and is an issue before a board of trustees, a county transportation committee, or the superintendent of public instruction, the mileage shall be established on the following basis:   (1) The distance in mileage shall be measured by a vehicle equipped with an accurate odometer.   (2) A representative of the applicable district and a parent or guardian of the child to be transported shall be present when the distance is measured.   (3) The measurement shall begin 6 yards from the family home and end 6 yards from the entrance of the school grounds closest to the route.   (4) The route traversed for the measurement shall be the route designated by the trustees, except that the route shall be reasonably passable during the entire school fiscal year by the vehicle that provides the child's transportation. In determining reasonable passage, a route may not be disqualified because it is impassable during temporary, extreme weather conditions such as rains, snow, or floods.   History: En. 75-7017 by Sec. 294, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 266, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7017.
MT Code § 20-10-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-107. Power of trustees

  20-10-107. Power of trustees. The trustees of any district may:   (1) purchase or rent a school bus;   (2) purchase or rent a communication system or safety device for a school bus when the trustees authorize a communication system or safety device as standard equipment in a school bus because the bus is operated where weather and road conditions may constitute a hazard to the safety of the school pupil passengers;   (3) provide for the operation, maintenance, and insurance of a school bus or a communication system or safety device owned or rented by the district; or   (4) contract with a private party for the transportation of eligible transportees. The contract may not exceed the term of 5 years.   History: En. 75-7011 by Sec. 288, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7011(part); amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 8, L. 2015.
MT Code § 20-10-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-108. Two-way radio operation

  20-10-108. Two-way radio operation. When the trustees authorize a two-way radio as standard equipment on a school bus, the two-way radio may be operated on the same frequency as that used by the Montana highway patrol and the sheriff of the county when their permission and the permission of the federal communications commission is secured. If permission is not secured from these agencies, the frequency assigned by the federal communications commission shall be used for the operation of the two-way radio.   History: En. 75-7011 by Sec. 288, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7011(part).
MT Code § 20-10-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-109. Liability insurance for school bus

  20-10-109. Liability insurance for school bus. Whenever a bus is owned and operated by a district or the bus is operated by a private party under a contract but no condition of such contract requires the private party to carry liability insurance, the trustees shall carry automobile bodily injury and liability insurance in an amount not less than $10,000 per person and $100,000 for each accident for each bus operated by or under contract with the district.   History: En. 75-7011 by Sec. 288, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7011(part).
MT Code § 20-10-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-110. School bus purchase -- contract -- bids

  20-10-110. School bus purchase -- contract -- bids. When a district purchases a school bus, the trustees may purchase such school bus under an installment contract which will be completely executed within 3 years from the date of the purchase. The trustees also may purchase a school bus without advertising for bids under the provisions of 20-9-204.   History: En. 75-7011 by Sec. 288, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7011(part).
MT Code § 20-10-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-111. Duties of board of public education

  20-10-111. Duties of board of public education. (1) The board of public education, with the advice of the Montana department of justice and the superintendent of public instruction, shall adopt and enforce policies, not inconsistent with the motor vehicle laws, to provide uniform standards and regulations for the design, construction, and operation of school buses in the state of Montana. The policies must:  (a) prescribe minimum standards for the design, construction, and operation of school buses consistent with:   (i) the recommendations adopted by the national conference on school transportation; and   (ii) the federal motor vehicle safety standards;   (b) prescribe standards and specifications for the lighting equipment and special warning devices to be carried by school buses in conformity with:   (i) current specifications approved by the society of automobile engineers;   (ii) motor vehicle laws; and   (iii) the requirement that all school buses have an alternately flashing prewarning lighting system of four or more amber signal lamps to be used while preparing to stop and an alternately flashing warning lighting system of four or more red signal lamps to be used while stopped in accordance with 61-9-402;   (c) establish other driver qualifications considered necessary in addition to the qualifications required in 20-10-103;   (d) prescribe criteria for the establishment of transportation service areas for school bus purposes by the county transportation committee that shall allow for the establishment of service areas without regard to the district boundary lines within the county;   (e) prescribe other criteria for the determination of the residence of a pupil that may be considered necessary in addition to the criteria established in 20-10-105; and   (f) prescribe standards for the measurement of the child seating capacity of school buses, to be known as the rated capacity.   (2) The board of public education shall prescribe other policies necessary for the proper administration and operation of individual transportation programs that are consistent with the transportation provisions of this title.   History: En. 75-7004 by Sec. 281, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 416, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7004; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 455, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 280, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 343, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 237, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 246, L. 2021.
MT Code § 20-10-112 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-112. Duties of superintendent of public instruction

  20-10-112. Duties of superintendent of public instruction. In order to have a uniform and equal provision of transportation by all districts in the state of Montana, the superintendent of public instruction shall:   (1) prescribe rules and forms for the implementation and administration of the transportation policies adopted by the board of public education;   (2) prescribe rules for the approval of school bus routing by the county transportation committee;   (3) prescribe the format of the contract for individual transportation and supply each county superintendent with a sufficient number of contracts;   (4) prescribe rules for the approval of individual transportation contracts, including the increases of the schedule rates because of isolation under the policy of the board of public education, and provide a degree-of-isolation chart to school district trustees to serve as a guide;   (5) approve, disapprove, or adjust all school bus routing submitted by the county superintendent;   (6) approve, disapprove, or adjust all individual transportation contracts submitted by the county superintendent;   (7) prescribe rules for the consideration of controversies appealed to the superintendent and rule on the controversies; and   (8) disburse the state transportation reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of law and the transportation policies of the board of public education.   History: En. 75-7005 by Sec. 282, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 416, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7005; amd. Sec. 317, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-10-113 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-113. through 20-10-120 reserved

  20-10-113 through 20-10-120 reserved.
MT Code § 20-10-121 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-121. Duty of trustees to provide transportation -- types of transportation -- bus riding time limitation

  20-10-121. Duty of trustees to provide transportation -- types of transportation -- bus riding time limitation. (1) The trustees of a district may furnish transportation to an eligible transportee who attends a school of the district or has been granted permission to attend a school outside of the district. Whenever the trustees of a district provide transportation for an eligible transportee, the trustees shall provide all eligible transportees of the district with transportation. The trustees shall furnish transportation when directed to do so by the county transportation committee and when that direction is upheld by the superintendent of public instruction.   (2) The tendering of a contract to the parent or guardian under which the district would pay the parent or guardian for individually transporting the pupil or pupils fulfills the district's obligation to furnish transportation for an eligible transportee. The parent or guardian of an eligible transportee may provide transportation or arrange for transportation for the parent's or guardian's child at the parent's or guardian's own expense to any district willing to accept the child.   (3) The type of transportation provided by a district may be:   (a) by a school bus; or   (b) by individual transportation:   (i) paying the parent or guardian for individually transporting the pupil;   (ii) paying board and room reimbursements;   (iii) providing supervised correspondence study; or   (iv) providing supervised home study.   (4) When the parent or guardian of an elementary pupil consents to a trip of over 1 hour, the trustees may require the eligible transportee to ride a school bus for more than 1 hour each trip.   History: En. 75-7008 by Sec. 285, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 245, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7008; amd. Sec. 318, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-10-122 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-122. Discretionary provision of transportation and payment for this transportation

  20-10-122. Discretionary provision of transportation and payment for this transportation. (1) The trustees of a district may provide school bus transportation to any pupil of a public school who is not an eligible transportee of the district:   (a) on a school bus conveying eligible transportees when the ineligible transportee will not displace an eligible transportee from the school bus because of the lack of seating capacity;   (b) on a school bus operated by the district for the sole purpose of providing transportation for ineligible transportees. The school bus must service those children living the greatest distance from the school to be attended.   (c) on a school bus operated for the purpose of relieving congestion in a school building or to avoid the necessity of erecting a new building or for any other reasons of economy or convenience.   (2) When the trustees of a district provide school bus transportation to an ineligible transportee under the conditions of subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b), the district may charge each ineligible transportee a proportionate share, as determined by the trustees, of the cost of operating the school bus. Money realized from the payments must be deposited to the credit of the transportation fund.   History: En. 75-7009 by Sec. 286, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7009; amd. Sec. 319, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-10-123 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-123. Provision of transportation for nonpublic school children

  20-10-123. Provision of transportation for nonpublic school children. Any child attending a nonpublic school may ride a school bus when a permit to ride the school bus is secured from the operating district by the parent or guardian of the nonpublic school child and when there is seating capacity available on the school bus. When a nonpublic school child rides a school bus, the operating district may charge the child a proportionate share, as determined by the trustees, of the cost of operating the school bus. Money realized from the payments must be deposited to the credit of the transportation fund.   History: En. 75-7010 by Sec. 287, Ch. 5, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7010; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 320, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 320, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 20-10-124 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-124. Private party contract for transportation -- individual transportation contract

  20-10-124. Private party contract for transportation -- individual transportation contract. (1) When the trustees contract with any private party to provide transportation to eligible transportees, the private party shall comply with the regulations of the board of public education for the standards of equipment, operation and safety of the school bus, and qualifications of the driver. The trustees may require added safeguards by supplementing the board of public education policies in the contract with additional requirements for bus specifications, age of drivers, liability insurance, operating speed, or any other contractual condition considered necessary by the trustees.   (2) Any school bus transportation by a private party or individual transportation that is furnished by a district must be under contract, and district, county, or state money may not be paid for transportation services to any person or firm who does not hold a legal contract with the district. Transportation contracts for the ensuing year must be completed by the fourth Monday of June, except when an eligible transportee establishes residence in the district after the fourth Monday of June and a contingency amount is included in the regular transportation budget or an emergency transportation budget is adopted.   (3) Transportation contracts between a district and a private party for the provision of school bus transportation must:   (a) be completed in triplicate, with one copy for the county superintendent, one copy for the private party, and one copy for the district;   (b) conform to the transportation law, policies of the board of public education, and rules of the superintendent of public instruction; and   (c) be signed by the presiding officer of the trustees and the private party.   (4) A transportation contract between a parent or guardian of an eligible transportee and a district for the provision of individual transportation is subject to the following requirements:   (a) it must be completed in quadruplicate, with one copy for the parent or guardian, one copy for the district, one copy for the county superintendent, and one copy for the superintendent of public instruction;   (b) it must be completed on forms promulgated by the superintendent of public instruction;   (c) the parent or guardian shall sign an affidavit attesting to the place of residence of the child or children; and   (d) it must be signed by the presiding officer of the trustees and the parent or guardian of the eligible transportees.   History: (1)En. 75-7011 by Sec. 288, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 198, L. 1971; Sec. 75-7011, R.C.M. 1947; (2) thru (4)En. 75-7012 by Sec. 289, Ch. 5, L. 1971; Sec. 75-7012, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7011(part), 75-7012; amd. Sec. 31, Ch. 22, L. 1997.
MT Code § 20-10-125 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-125. Bid letting for contract bus -- payments under transportation contract

  20-10-125. Bid letting for contract bus -- payments under transportation contract. (1) Before any contract with a private party for the provision of school bus transportation is awarded, the trustees shall:   (a) secure bids by publishing during a period of 21 days at least three calls for bids in a newspaper of the county that will give notice to the largest number of people of the district or in the official newspaper of the county; the trustees shall let the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, and the trustees shall have the right to reject any and all bids; or   (b) negotiate a new contract with the current school bus contractor, provided the negotiated contract costs do not exceed by more than 12% per year the basic costs of the previous year's contract. Such a negotiated contract can be entered into only at a public meeting of the trustees at which meeting the patrons of the district may appear and be heard. Notice of the meeting must have been published in a newspaper of wide circulation within the district at least 1 week prior to the meeting.   (2) The provisions of this section for awarding a contract for school bus transportation shall be subject to the provisions of 20-9-204.   (3) The trustees shall not expend any moneys of the district for school bus transportation by a private party or for individual transportation unless:   (a) a contract for such transportation services has been completed; and   (b) such contracted services for school bus transportation by a private party have been actually furnished except that the failure to perform may be excused by the trustees for reasons not under the control of the contractor; or   (c) such contracted services for individual transportation have been actually furnished as confirmed by the actual attendance of school by the eligible transportees and recorded on the school attendance records or, in the case of a supervised correspondence course or supervised home study, as confirmed by the trustees; except that the contracted services furnished one way on any school day shall be reimbursed at one-half the daily contract amount.   History: En. 75-7013 by Sec. 290, Ch. 5, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 362, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 75-7013; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 349, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 97, L. 1981.
MT Code § 20-10-127 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-127. Repealed

  20-10-127. Repealed. Sec. 13, Ch. 550, L. 2003.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 298, L. 1995.
MT Code § 20-10-128 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 20. Education|Chapter 10. Transportation and Food Services|Part 1. School Buses and Transportation|20-10-128. Repealed

  20-10-128. Repealed. Sec. 13, Ch. 550, L. 2003.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 298, L. 1995.