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) (a) A school district may only claim eligible transportation costs as legally reported
on the prior year's annual financial report submitted under Section 53A-3-404.
(b) The state shall contribute 85% of approved transportation costs, subject to budget
constraints.
(c) If in a fiscal year the total transportation allowance for all districts exceeds the
amount appropriated for that purpose, all allowances shall be reduced pro rata to equal not more
than the amount appropriated.
(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 397, 2008 General Session
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