SECTIONS 2000-2011 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 2000-2011

2000. The county superintendent of schools of any county contiguous
to an adjoining state may grant permission to pupils residing in the
county to attend elementary school or high school in a school
district of the adjoining state and may provide for the
transportation of the pupils to the school.

2002. The county superintendent of schools shall pay for the
tuition of pupils residing in his county and attending school in an
adjoining state from the county school tuition fund of his county
pursuant to this article.

2003. The county superintendent of schools may provide for the
transportation of such pupils to and from their homes and the school
in an adjoining state attended by them. For this purpose the county
superintendent of schools is authorized to purchase, maintain, and
operate one or more schoolbuses and to contract with a responsible
party or parties for the providing of such transportation by such
party or parties.
In lieu of providing such transportation for any such pupil, the
county superintendent of schools may pay the parent or guardian of
each such pupil five cents ($0.05) per mile for each mile necessarily
traveled by such pupil in going to and from his home and school
except that if there is more than one such pupil in the household of
the parent or guardian the county superintendent of schools may pay
two and one-half cents ($0.025) for each such mile for each
additional pupil in the household. The total amount paid to any
parent or guardian hereunder shall not in any month exceed the sum of
fifty dollars ($50) for the one pupil in the household of such
parent or guardian and twenty-five dollars ($25) for each additional
pupil in the same household.

2004. Any costs incurred by the county superintendent of schools
for the transportation of pupils to a school in an adjoining state
shall be paid by him by requisition drawn against the county school
tuition fund.

2005. The superintendent of schools of any school district, or the
principal of any school, in an adjoining state attended by pupils
residing in an adjoining county in this state shall certify to the
county superintendent of schools of the county not later than July
2nd of each year the average daily attendance of pupils from the
county attending the school and the current expenditure, including
transportation, incurred for the education of the pupils.

2009. The county superintendent of schools shall pay all costs of
transportation and all verified claims for tuition of pupils
attending school in adjoining states allowed under this article, by
requisition drawn against the county school tuition fund.

2010. All requisitions drawn by the county superintendent of
schools under this article shall be approved by the county auditor
and paid by the county treasurer.

2011. The county superintendent of schools may with the approval of
the county auditor transfer any unnecessary surplus in the county
school tuition fund to the county school service fund whenever in his
judgment the surplus will not be needed for the payment of tuition.