Board Policy	No. 3250

CLOVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

BUSINESS AND NONINSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS Student Transportation Management TRANSPORTATION FEES

PURPOSE:	To establish fees for transportation of students.

The Board may charge a transportation fee to parents/guardians of transported students in accordance with Education Code section 39807.5. The total amount received by the District from the State, if any, and parent/guardian fees shall not exceed the actual operating cost of home-to-school transportation during the fiscal year. (Education Code 39809.5).

1. Establishment of Fee Schedule. The fee schedule for home-to-school transportation services shall be set forth in the accompanying Administrative Regulation. The Board may review the effectiveness of the fee-based home-to-school transportation program, appropriate radius parameters, and fee level on an annual basis. Before adopting any changes to the fee schedule in the Administrative Regulation, the Superintendent or designee shall review such changes with the Board.

2. Students Living Within Radius Zone - Availability of Transportation and Payment. The District may provide students living inside the Radius Zone, as this term is defined in Board Policy No. 3541 – Transportation Routes and Services, with transportation services if all of the following conditions are met:

a. After the third week of the start of a school year, the Superintendent or designee determines that spaces are available on particular bus routes.

b. The student will be transported by the District on a bus route where spaces have been determined to be available.

c. The student is picked up and dropped off by the District at an existing, District designated bus stop, which stop may be located outside the Radius Zone. Parents/guardians are responsible for any transportation to and from home to the existing bus stop.

d. The District receives payment of the applicable fee set forth in the accompanying Administrative Regulation No. 3250 or verification of eligibility for free transportation based on financial need to be determined in accordance with the income eligibility scales used for the free and reduced-lunch program.

3. Students with Disabilities. Students with a disability whose individualized educational program (IEP), includes transportation as a related service necessary to receive a free appropriate public education and who require home-to-school transportation will be provided transportation services at no cost. (Education Code 39807.5)

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Board Policy	No. 3250

CLOVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

4. Summer School Transportation. The District may provide summer school transportation at no cost to students who are eligible to attend summer school. Pick-up and drop-off bus stops for summer school will be placed at elementary school sites located outside the established Radius Zone from the summer school site.

Adopted: 04/22/2020 (provisions moved from BP 8301)

EDUCATION CODE
10900-10914.5 Community recreation program, especially:
10913 Fees for uses of school buses for community recreation purposes 35330 Excursions or field trips
39800-39860 Transportation, especially: 39801.5 Transportation fees for adults
39807.5 Payment of transportation cost; amount of payment 39809.5 Excess fees; adjustments
39837 Fees for summer employment transportation
41850 Home-to-school and special education transportation 49014 Public School Fair Debt Collection Act
49557-49558 Applications for free and reduced-price meals 56026 Individuals with exceptional needs

CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5 350 Fees not permitted

COURT DECISIONS
Arcadia Unified School District et al v. State Department of Education, 2 Cal. 4th 251 (1992) Hartzell v. Connell 35 Cal.3d 899 (1984)

Doc# 38532-6 (01/2020, 05/2019)

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