37-131-5 - Allotment of transportation fund. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 37-131-5. Allotment of transportation fund.
 

When any educable children of any school district are attending a demonstration or practice school under a contract, as authorized by Section 37-131-3, who would otherwise be entitled to transportation at public expense under any applicable statute, such children shall remain entitled to such transportation and shall be reported for the allotment of transportation funds by the county or municipal separate school district in which they reside and, when so reported, transportation funds shall be allotted to the county or municipal separate school district therefor just as though such pupil were attending a regular school of the county or municipal separate school district, and transportation therefor shall be furnished by the county board of education or board of trustees of the municipal separate school district, as the case may be, as is otherwise provided by law. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1942, § 6737-03; Laws,  1954, ch. 270, § 3, eff from and after July 1, 1954.