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Alaska Statutes Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums § 14.09.010. Transportation of students

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A school district that provides student transportation services for the transportation of students who reside a distance from established schools is eligible to receive funding for operating or subcontracting the operation of the transportation system for students to and from the schools within the student's transportation service area. Subject to appropriation, the amount of funding provided by the state for operating the student transportation system is the amount of a school district's ADM, less the ADM for the district's correspondence programs during the current fiscal year, multiplied by the per student amount for the school district as follows:

DISTRICT

PER STUDENT AMOUNT

(1)

(2)

for the school
year beginning
July 1, 2011

for the school
years beginning
on or after
July 1, 2012

Alaska Gateway

$2,081

$2,148

Aleutians East

311

321

Anchorage

435

449

Annette Island

182

188

Bering Strait

48

50

Bristol Bay

2,672

2,758

Chatham

280

289

Copper River

1,586

1,637

Cordova

335

346

Craig

423

437

Delta/Greely

1,656

1,709

Denali

1,808

1,866

Dillingham

1,218

1,257

Fairbanks

817

843

Galena

255

263

Haines

626

646

Hoonah

298

308

Iditarod

211

218

Juneau

604

623

Kake

271

280

Kashunamiut

5

5

Kenai Peninsula

766

944

Ketchikan

727

750

Klawock

584

603

Kodiak Island

799

825

Kuspuk

654

675

Lake and Peninsula

384

396

Lower Kuskokwim

277

286

Lower Yukon

1

1

Matanuska-Susitna

910

939

Nenana

587

606

Nome

621

641

North Slope

1,120

1,156

Northwest Arctic

25

26

Pelican

72

74

Petersburg

374

386

Saint Mary's

193

199

Sitka

428

442

Skagway

36

37

Southeast Island

1,155

1,192

Southwest Region

598

617

Tanana

478

493

Unalaska

648

669

Valdez

735

759

Wrangell

701

723

Yakutat

744

768

Yukon Flats

264

272

Yukon/Koyukuk

299

309

Yupiit

2

2.

(b) The department shall adopt regulations that provide for oversight of and support to school districts in achieving a safe and cost-effective student transportation system. The regulations must include a requirement for contract terms of not less than three years, if feasible, standardized conditions and bid periods, and standards that ensure cost efficiencies and exclusions.

(c) Repealed by SLA 2008, ch. 9, § 11, eff. June 30, 2011.

(d) A school district that provides transportation services under this section shall provide transportation services to students attending a charter school operated by the district under a policy adopted by the district. The policy must

(1) be developed with input solicited from individuals involved with the charter school, including staff, students, and parents;

(2) at a minimum, provide transportation services for students enrolled in the charter school on a space available basis along the regular routes that the students attending schools in an attendance area in the district are transported; and

(3) be approved by the department.

(e) If a school district fails to adopt a policy under (d) of this section, the school district shall allocate the amount received for each student under (a) of this section to each charter school operated by the district based on the number of students enrolled in the charter school.

(f) Nothing in (d) of this section requires a school district to establish dedicated transportation routes for the exclusive use of students enrolled in a charter school or authorizes a charter school to opt out of a policy adopted by a school district for the purpose of acquiring transportation funding.

(g) In this section,

(1) “ADM” has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990;

(2) “district's ADM” means the sum of the ADMs in the district.

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