Section 16-39-11 Transportation.
Section 16-39-11
Transportation.
When authorized by regulations of the State Board of Education in lieu of the amount calculated on the basis of average daily membership otherwise authorized by law, there shall be allowed from the Education Trust Fund appropriation for transportation for each bus used exclusively for the purpose of transporting eight or more pupils classified as exceptional children who are unable to ride regular school buses 80 percent of the cost of such transportation, and a proportionate amount shall be allowed for a vehicle used exclusively for the transportation of a smaller number of exceptional children in average daily membership as prescribed by regulations of the State Board of Education.
(Acts 1971, No. 106, p. 373, §11; Acts 1995, No. 95-314, p. 634, §49.)