53A-17a-126 - State support of pupil transportation. - Utah Statutes

53A-17a-126. State support of pupil transportation.
(1) Money appropriated to the State Board of Education for state-supportedtransportation of public school students shall be apportioned and distributed in accordance withSection 53A-17a-127, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(2) (a) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall use its allocation of pupiltransportation money to pay for transportation of their students based on current valid contractualarrangements and best transportation options and methods as determined by the schools.
(b) All student transportation costs of the schools shall be paid from the allocation ofpupil transportation money specified in statute.
(3) (a) A school district may only claim eligible transportation costs as legally reportedon the prior year's annual financial report submitted under Section 53A-3-404.
(b) The state shall contribute 85% of approved transportation costs, subject to budgetconstraints.
(c) If in a fiscal year the total transportation allowance for all districts exceeds theamount appropriated for that purpose, all allowances shall be reduced pro rata to equal not morethan the amount appropriated.
(4) Local school boards shall provide salary adjustments to employee groups that workwith the transportation of students comparable to those of classified employees authorized underSection 53A-17a-137, when dividing the weighted pupil unit for salary adjustment purposes.

Amended by Chapter 3, 2010 General Session