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H0366.............................................................by EDUCATION
PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT - Amends existing law relating to the
public school transportation support program to provide that costs of certain
additional features not part of a basic vehicle shall not be reimbursed; and
to define a basic vehicle.
03/13 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/14 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/19 3rd rdg - PASSED - 51-15-4
AYES -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Black, Block, Boe,
Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Deal, Denney, Eberle,
Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood,
Kellogg, Kulczyk, Lake, Langford, McGeachin, McKague, Miller, Moyle,
Naccarato, Nielsen, Raybould, Ring, Roberts, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler,
Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass,
Stevenson, Tilman, Wills, Wood
NAYS -- Andersen, Bieter, Cuddy, Douglas, Edmunson, Henbest, Jaquet,
Langhorst, Martinez, Mitchell, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Smith(30),
Trail
Absent and excused -- Crow, Jones, Meyer, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Lake
Title apvd - to Senate
03/20 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 366
BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT PROGRAM; AMENDING SECTION
3 33-1006, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT COSTS OF CERTAIN ADDITIONAL FEATURES
4 NOT PART OF A BASIC VEHICLE SHALL NOT BE REIMBURSED, TO DEFINE A BASIC
5 VEHICLE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1006, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 33-1006. TRANSPORTATION SUPPORT PROGRAM. (1) The state board of educa-
10 tion shall determine what costs of transporting pupils, including maintenance,
11 operation and depreciation of basic vehicles, insurance, payments under con-
12 tract with other public transportation providers whose vehicles used to trans-
13 port pupils comply with federal transit administration regulations, "bus test-
14 ing," 49 C.F.R. part 665, and any revision thereto, as provided in subsection
15 4. (4)(d) of this section, or other state department of education approved
16 private transportation providers, salaries of drivers, and any other costs,
17 shall be allowable in computing the transportation support program of school
18 districts.
19 (2) Any costs associated with the addition of vehicle features that are
20 not part of the basic vehicle shall not be allowable in computing the trans-
21 portation support program of school districts. A basic vehicle is hereby
22 defined as the cost of the vehicle without optional features, plus the addi-
23 tion of essential safety features and features necessary for the transporta-
24 tion of pupils with disabilities.
25 (3) Each school district shall maintain records and make reports as are
26 required for the purposes of this section.
27 (4) The transportation support program of a school district shall be
28 based upon the allowable costs of:
29 1.(a) Transporting public school pupils one and one-half (1 1/2) miles or
30 more to school;
31 2.(b) Transporting pupils less than one and one-half (1 1/2) miles as
32 provided in section 33-1501, Idaho Code, when approved by the state board
33 of education;
34 3.(c) The costs of payments when transportation is not furnished, as pro-
35 vided in section 33-1503, Idaho Code;
36 4.(d) The transportation program for grades six (6) through twelve (12),
37 upon the costs of payments pursuant to a contract with other public or
38 private transportation providers entered into as provided in section
39 33-1510, Idaho Code, if the school district establishes that the reim-
40 bursable costs of transportation under the contract are equal to or less
41 than the costs for school buses.;
42 5.(e) The costs of providing transportation to and from approved school
43 activities as may be approved by rules of the state board of education;
2
1 6.(f) The employer's share of contributions to the public employee
2 retirement system and to social security.
3 (5) The state's share of the transportation support program shall be
4 eighty-five percent (85%) of allowable transportation costs of the district
5 for incurred during the next immediately preceding state fiscal year.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13177
This legislation gives the State Board of Education the authority
to determine the specifications for a basic bus. It further
states that the state's share of the transportation support
program for bus purchases shall be 85% of the cost of a basic
bus. Optional features, not part of the basic bus as determined
by rule, shall be paid by the respective school districts.
FISCAL IMPACT
Estimated annual savings, up to $600,000.
Contact
Name: Representative Dennis Lake
Phone: 208-332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 366