Alhambra USD |  3000 |  AR  3541  Business and Noninstructional Operations

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Students who reside beyond maximum walking distance as defined below shall be eligible for transportation service to the school of their attendance area. Maximum walking distances to a school or bus stop are:

Grades K-3: one and one fourths mile

Grades 4-8: two miles

Grades 9-12: three miles

Students who attend a school outside their attendance area may be eligible for transportation services in accordance with Board policy.

(cf. 5116.1- Intradistrict Open Enrollment)

(cf. 5117.1 - Interdistrict Attendance Agreements)

(cf. 5117.2 - Alternative Interdistrict Attendance Program)

The Superintendent or designee may authorize transportation within the walking distance when special problems or hazards exist.

The Superintendent or designee shall design school routes and stops so as to enhance the safety of student pedestrians.

Legal Reference:

EDUCATION CODE

10900.5 Use of school buses for community recreation

35330 Excursions and field trips

35350 Authority to transport pupils

39800-39809.5 Transportation, general provisions, especially:

39800 Powers of governing board to provide transportation to and from school

39801.5 Transportation for adults

39808 Transportation for private school students

39830-39842 School buses, especially:

39835 Use of school buses for community recreation

39837 Transportation to summer employment program

39837.5 Transportation of employees and parents/guardians to school activities

39860 Transportation to school activities

41850-41856 Allowances for transportation

41860-41863 Supplementary allowances for transportation

CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5

15240-15244 Allowances for student transportation

UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20

1400-1482 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 42

11432 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act

CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 34

104.4 Equal opportunity under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504

Management Resources:

WEB SITES

California Department of Education, Office of School Transportation: http://www.cde.ca.gov/bus/index.html

Pupil Transportation Safety Institute: http://www.ptsi.org

Regulation ALHAMBRA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

approved: September 9, 1997 Alhambra, California