2006 Kansas Code - 72-1046b

      72-1046b.   Same; provision of transportation authorized; applicability; conditions. (a) As used in this section:

      (1)   "School district" means a school district organized and operating under the laws of this state and no part of which is located in Johnson county, Sedgwick county, Shawnee county, or Wyandotte county.

      (2)   "Receiving school district" means a school district of nonresidence of a pupil.

      (3)   "Sending school district" means a school district of residence of a pupil.

      (4)   "Pupil" means a person who is enrolled and in attendance at school in a receiving school district and who (A) lives 10 or more miles from the attendance center the pupil would attend in a sending school district and nearer to an appropriate attendance center in a receiving school district or (B) is a member of the family of a pupil meeting the condition prescribed in subpart (A).

      (5)   "Member of the family" means a brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by adoption, a stepbrother or sister, and a foster brother or sister.

      (b)   The parent or legal guardian of any pupil may apply to the board of education of a sending school district on or before July 15 of the current school year for authority for such pupil to be furnished or provided transportation to school from the pupil's residence and from school to the pupil's residence by the receiving school district. The application shall be made upon forms prescribed by the state board of education.

      (c)   Upon receiving any application under this section, the board of education of a sending school district shall inquire of the receiving school district whether it is willing to furnish or provide transportation for the pupil named in the application. If the board of education of the sending school district determines that the receiving school district is willing to furnish or provide transportation for the pupil and the board of education of the sending school district and the board of education of the receiving school district agree that the pupil is a pupil as defined in subsection (a)(4)(A) or (B), the board of the sending school district shall issue an order authorizing the furnishing or provision of transportation by the receiving school district for the affected pupil to school from the pupil's residence and to the pupil's residence from school.

      (d)   Pupils attending school in a receiving school district under the provisions of this section shall be counted as regularly enrolled in and attending school in the receiving school district for the purpose of computations, except computation of transportation weighting, under the school district finance and quality performance act and for the purposes of the statutory provisions contained in article 83 of chapter 72 of Kansas Statutes Annotated. No such pupil shall be charged for the costs of attendance at school in a receiving school district.

      History:   L. 1997, ch. 183, § 2; L. 1999, ch. 20, § 1; L. 2000, ch. 155, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 22, § 1; July 1.