§302A-406 - Transportation of school children.
[§302A-406] Transportation of school children. (a) The department may provide suitable transportation to and from school and for educational field trips for all children in grades kindergarten to twelve and in special education classes. The department shall adopt such policy, procedure, and program as it deems necessary to provide suitable transportation. In formulating the policy, procedure, and program, the department shall consider the school district; the school attendance area in which a school child normally resides; the distance the school child lives from the school; the availability of public carriers or other means of transportation; the frequency, regularity, and availability of public transportation; and the grade level, physical handicap, or special learning disability of a school child, and it may also consider such conditions and circumstances unique or peculiar to a county or area.
(b) The department shall adopt rules under chapter 91 governing the supervision and administration of the transportation of school children under this section. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2]
Cross References
Interference with the operator of a public transit vehicle, see §711-1112.
State function, see §27-11.