702 KAR 5:120. Blind and deaf pupils, reimbursement for.
RELATES
TO: KRS 156.031, 157.280
STATUTORY
AUTHORITY: KRS 156.070, 157.220
NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 157.280 requires each local school district to
provide for weekly transportation for its resident pupils at the Kentucky
Schools for the Blind and Deaf except those whose residence is more than 200
miles one way from either school shall not be required to go home more than
twice each month. Transportation shall be provided in a manner approved by the
State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education. KRS 157.280 also mandates
reimbursement of local districts, at the same rate per trip as for resident
pupils, but from the Transportation Fund of the Fund to Support Education
Excellence in Kentucky, for transportation, as approved by the State Board,
which may be provided to and from such schools for day pupils. This
administrative regulation establishes the rate of reimbursement for providing
home-to-school transportation for such pupils enrolled at the Kentucky School
for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf.
Section
1. (1) The chief state school officer shall determine the number of:
(a)
Pupils residing in each school district of the state who are resident pupils at
the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville, Kentucky or the Kentucky
School for the Deaf in Danville, Kentucky; and
(b)
Miles the county seat of the district in which the pupil resides is from
Louisville or Danville.
(2)
He shall then determine the aggregate number of pupil miles which would result
in each child enrolled in either the School for the Blind at Louisville, or the
School for the Deaf in Danville, making weekly trips home each year.
(3)
The aggregate number of pupil miles determined will be divided into the total
appropriation made for this program in order to establish a tentative value per
pupil mile.
Section
2. On or before October 15 of each year, the chief state school officer shall
provide each school district with a "tentative allotment report"
which contains the number of resident children in each program in each school
district and the tentative allotment to that school district for the weekly
transportation of resident children.
Section
3. (1) On or before May 31 of each year each school district shall certify to
the chief state school officer the number of:
(a)
Children; and
(b)
Trips each child was provided home, not to exceed one (1) round trip each week
the child was enrolled in either of the schools.
(2)
Distances used to generate pupil miles shall not exceed the distance provided
in the tentative allocation which is the distance from the cities of Louisville
or Danville to the county seat of the district in which the pupil is a
resident.
Section
4. (1) On or before May 31 of each year, the superintendent of a local school
district qualifying for reimbursement for transportation by reason of this
administrative regulation shall certify to the chief state school officer the
aggregate pupil miles for resident pupils for which reimbursement is sought.
(2)
Based upon the certification of the local school district, the chief state
school officer shall, on or before June 30 of each year, determine the final
value of the pupil mile.
(3)
The final value of the pupil mile shall be determined by dividing the aggregate
pupil miles certified into the appropriation contained in the executive budget.
(4)
The chief state school officer shall calculate a final allotment for each
school district having children enrolled in the Kentucky School for the Blind
and the Kentucky School for the Deaf as resident pupils.
Section
5. (1) The chief state school officer shall determine the number of pupils
enrolled in each school district as day school pupils that are provided daily
transportation to the Kentucky School for the Blind in Louisville and the
Kentucky School for the Deaf in Danville.
(2)
He shall determine the number of miles by the most direct route from the
child's residence to the school that they attend in either Danville or
Louisville.
(3)
He shall then determine the aggregate number of pupil miles from each pupil's
home to school and back home again, making a maximum of 175 trips per year.
Section
6. (1) On or before May 31 of each year, the superintendent of a local school
district qualifying for reimbursement for transportation by reason of Section 5
of this administrative regulation shall certify to the chief state school
officer the aggregate pupil miles for which reimbursement is sought.
(2)
The chief state school officer, based upon the certification of the local
school district, shall calculate a final allotment for reimbursement purposes
for each school district having children enrolled as day school pupils in the
Kentucky School for the Blind and the Kentucky School for the Deaf.
(3)
The reimbursement rate to be paid from the Transportation Fund of the Fund to
Support Education Excellence in Kentucky shall be the same rate per pupil mile
as calculated in Section 4 of this administrative regulation for resident
pupils. (3 Ky.R. 463; eff. 1-5-77; Am. 9 Ky.R. 733; eff. 1-6-83; 17 Ky.R. 441;
eff. 10-14-90; 19 Ky.R. 513; 904; eff. 10-1-92.)