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SECTIONS 42300-42303

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 42300-42303
42300. Any school district or county office of education with an average daily attendance of 2,501 or more, but less than 6,000, may apply to the State Department of Education for a one-time only apportionment for the purchase of transportation equipment, as specified in Section 42301. The State Department of Education shall adopt regulations regarding district or county office applications pursuant to this section. 42301. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision, the State Department of Education shall grant applications for apportionments for purposes of this article, to the extent that funds are available, according to the following priorities: (1) First priority for apportionments shall be for the purchase of new schoolbuses to replace existing schoolbuses owned by an eligible district or county office that do not conform to federal safety standards. (2) Second priority for apportionments shall be for the reconditioning of existing schoolbuses owned by an eligible district or county office. For purposes of this paragraph, "reconditioning" includes, but is not limited to, retrofitting schoolbuses to conform to the federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222 relating to schoolbus passenger seating and crash protection requirements. (3) Any remaining funds shall be apportioned for the purchase of new schoolbuses by eligible districts or county offices which have proposed to increase the number of schoolbuses owned by the district or county office of education. (4) In awarding grants, in accordance with the priorities established by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), the State Department of Education shall give priority to eligible school districts with the smallest average daily attendance, as determined by the department. (b) The governing board of any school district or county office of education shall be eligible to receive apportionments under this article for the replacement of schoolbuses. (c) Any school district or county office of education receiving funds under this section shall be required to pay one-half of the estimated cost of a new schoolbus. Each school district or county office shall also be required to contribute 50 percent of any proceeds from the sale of any schoolbus to be replaced with a new schoolbus purchased under this article. (d) Insofar as possible, any purchases of new schoolbuses with funds apportioned pursuant to this article shall be made by the Department of General Services. Title to any schoolbus purchased by the Department of General Services pursuant to this section shall be in the name of the school district or county office of education for which the schoolbus was purchased. (e) The State Department of Education shall develop priority categories for funding under this section which are based solely on vehicle age and mileage. Seventy-five percent of the funds available in any fiscal year for the purposes of this section shall be distributed to school districts and county offices of education based upon priority categories that utilize only vehicle age, mileage, and type of vehicle. Twenty-five percent of the funds available in any fiscal year for purposes of this section shall be allocated based upon the condition of the vehicles to be replaced. School districts and county offices shall submit as evidence of the condition of the vehicle to be replaced, the most recent California Highway Patrol inspection report, a repair estimate made by an independent repair shop, and any other information requested by the department. (f) The State Department of Education shall estimate the cost of a replacement vehicle of the same capacity as the vehicle being replaced. A school district's or county office's entitlement shall equal the department's estimated cost, less any contributions determined pursuant to this section. A district or county office may use additional district or county office funds to purchase a schoolbus which is more expensive than the model used by the department to estimate the cost. (g) Funds allocated pursuant to this section shall not be used to purchase a vehicle which does not meet the schoolbus passenger seating and crash protection requirements of the federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 222. 42301.1. In allocating any funds for schoolbus replacement or reconditioning, the State Department of Education shall allocate funds for vehicles used in special education in not less than the proportion as the percentage of vehicles used compares to total schoolbuses in the state. The State Department of Education may adopt regulations to implement this section in an equitable manner. School districts or county offices of education providing transportation services through a cooperative, consortium, or joint powers agreement, shall be eligible to participate by application from the member district. The Division of State Special Schools of the State Department of Education shall have the same status as a school district for the purposes of this section. 42303. Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 42290), Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 17910), or any other law, a school district that receives funding for the replacement of a schoolbus may sell that schoolbus to another school district in this state if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (a) The purchasing school district is replacing a schoolbus that is in service at the time of the sale and has not been designated a temporary schoolbus pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 42291.5. (b) The schoolbus being replaced by the purchasing school district is older than the schoolbus that is the subject of the sale. (c) The schoolbus being replaced is not sold to another school district. (d) The purchasing school district by a resolution from its governing board, holds the state and the selling school district harmless for any liability that may result from the schoolbus that is the subject of the sale. (e) The proceeds from the sale of a schoolbus shall be used by the selling district for home-to-school transportation purposes. (f) After the districts agree to the sale, but prior to the sale being finalized, the schoolbus being sold must be in compliance with all relevant provisions of the Vehicle Code and Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.

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