37-41-17 - Proposed transportation plan to be submitted to state board of education.
§ 37-41-17. Proposed transportation plan to be submitted to state board of education.
Each school board with pupils entitled to transportation shall, not later than the date or dates established by the State Board of Education each year, submit to the State Board of Education the proposed plan or plans for routing all buses within the respective school districts for the ensuing school year. The State Board of Education shall approve only those proposed transportation routes which meet the requirements of the law, as provided in this chapter, and such rules and regulations as may be promulgated or prescribed by the State Board of Education. Any proposed transportation route plan which does not meet the requirements of the State Department of Education shall be returned to the proper school board for correction or revision. No funds shall be distributed or disbursed by the State Board of Education to any school district to be expended for transporting children until such school district shall have conclusively shown that it has complied with all requirements of the laws of the State of Mississippi for the operation of schools and school districts, and until such school district shall have complied with all the applicable rules and regulations of the State Board of Education.
Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6336-05; Laws, 1953, Ex Sess, ch. 15, § 4; Laws, 1968, ch. 401, § 1; Laws, 1980, ch. 339, § 1; Laws, 1982, ch. 354, § 5; Laws, 1986, ch. 492, § 134, eff from and after July 1, 1987.