2005 Idaho Code - 33-1511 — STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION -- POWERS AND DUTIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION

                                  TITLE  33
                                  EDUCATION
                                  CHAPTER 15
                           TRANSPORTATION OF PUPILS
    33-1511.  STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION -- POWERS AND DUTIES RELATED TO
TRANSPORTATION. In addition to powers and duties of the state board of
education hereinbefore prescribed, the said state board shall:
    (1)  Designate a member of its staff as supervisor of school
transportation responsible for a school bus driver training program and such
program shall provide for a qualified driver trainer for each school district
and with such duties as the board may prescribe;
    (2)  Adopt, publish and distribute, and from time to time as need therefor
arises amend, minimum standards for the construction of school buses, the
basis of which standards shall be those incorporated in the latest report of
the National Conference on School Transportation, which report shall be filed
with the Idaho state police;
    (3)  Approve the form(s) to be used for the inspection of school buses;
    (4)  Authorize the supervisor of school transportation to conduct any
combination of in-depth program reviews, fiscal audits, and reviews of annual
reimbursement claims supporting documentation of each school district pupil
transportation program at a frequency adequate to ensure compliance with state
law, accuracy of data and reimbursement claims, and safety of school buses.
Priority for selecting districts for review and audit shall be given to those
districts that exceed both the most recent annual state average reimbursable
cost per mile and the state average reimbursable cost per rider as calculated
by the state department of education, unless the supervisor of school
transportation determines otherwise;
    (5)  Authorize the supervisor of school transportation, based upon results
of program reviews, fiscal audits, and spot inspections as set forth in
section 33-1506, Idaho Code, to provide to school districts a list of required
corrective actions, when necessary;
    (6)  Require school districts to submit progress reports on those
corrective actions developed by the supervisor of school transportation to the
state department of education at prescribed intervals until deficiencies are
corrected or the corrective actions no longer apply;
    (7)  Withhold all or a portion of a district's pupil transportation
reimbursement funding in instances of noncompliance with the requirements of
subsection (6) of this section or section 33-1506, Idaho Code, provided that a
district may appeal to the state board of education for reconsideration, in
which case the state board of education may reinstate or adjust the withheld
funds.