2006 Utah Code - 53A-17a-126 — State support of pupil transportation.

     53A-17a-126.   State support of pupil transportation.
     (1) Money appropriated to the State Board of Education in Section 53A-17a-104 for state-supported transportation of public school students shall be apportioned and distributed in accordance with Section 53A-17a-127, except as otherwise provided in this section.
     (2) (a) The Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind shall use money appropriated in Section 53A-17a-104 to pay for transportation of their students based on current valid contractual arrangements 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 of pupil transportation monies received under Section 53A-17a-104.
     (3) Each district shall receive its approved transportation costs, except that if during the fiscal year the total transportation allowance for all districts exceeds the amount appropriated, all allowances shall be reduced pro rata to equal not more than that amount.
     (4) Local school boards shall provide salary adjustments to employee groups that work with the transportation of students comparable to those of classified employees authorized under Section 53A-17a-137, when dividing the weighted pupil unit for salary adjustment purposes.

Amended by Chapter 320, 2003 General Session
Amended by Chapter 221, 2003 General Session