Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 7 - Education K-12 › Part 3 - Board Policies › Chapter 74 - Special Education › Rule 7-3-74.6 - Transportation Management of Students with Disabilities

Current through June 25, 2024
In the event a school district cannot meet the
				  transportation needs of students with disabilities on a regular school bus
				  route, the State Department of Education will provide funding to the district
				  for transportation of students with disabilities within the district or to the
				  nearest adequate facility outside the district in order to provide appropriate
				  educational services. Payment shall be based upon the following formula: (1/2
				  of school district's annual per pupil transportation allotment x number of
				  students transported) + (round trip mileage transported x total number of
				  actual days transported x 20 cents per mile).
Payment for transporting children enrolled as resident
				  students at the Mississippi School for the Blind or Mississippi School for the
				  Deaf shall be based on the same formula defined above. School districts may
				  reimburse parents, guardians, etc., for the round trip to the Mississippi
				  School for the Blind or Mississippi School for the Deaf and back home at the
				  beginning of the school year and at the close of the school year.
				  Transportation may also be provided on the same basis any time during the
				  school year when the dormitories at these institutions are closed. School
				  districts providing transportation for eligible day students assigned to the
				  Mississippi school for the Blind and Mississippi School for the Deaf shall be
				  eligible for funding based on the formula defined above.
If a child enrolled in either the Mississippi School for the
				  Blind or the Mississippi School for the Deaf resides in a school district where
				  there is an appropriate program for that child or where there is an appropriate
				  program within reasonable driving distance which the district will make
				  available to the child, then the transportation cost will be the responsibility
				  of the Mississippi School for the Blind or the Mississippi School for the Deaf
				  (depending upon which school the child is enrolled).
In the event that a state-supported university or college
				  provides a special education program for children from any school district that
				  is unable to meet the educational needs of those children, then the university
				  based program shall be eligible for funding based on the formula defined above.
				  Any assessment of one-half the per-pupil allotment shall be based on the
				  child's resident district.
The maximum distance a student with disabilities may be
				  transported or the maximum length of time for a special education
				  transportation route will depend upon the Individualized Educational Program
				  (IEP) for the respective child. For the purpose of payment, a student with
				  disabilities is defined as any child properly tested and found eligible for a
				  special education program receiving appropriate educational services as
				  stipulated in the Individualized Educational Program (IEP).
Funding for the transportation of students with disabilities
				  will be determined using prior year transportation data submitted on forms
				  provided by the Mississippi Department of Education and based on the formula
				  defined above.
No private contracts or use of vehicles other than school
				  buses shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for approval.
Drivers transporting students other than members of the
				  driver's immediate families must be trained and properly
				  certified.
Miss. Code Ann. §
										37-1-3
				  (Rev.12/2005)