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 Appropriations

Chapter 13

b. Provide from other revenue sources at least thirty percent of the total compensation payable to the coordinator. 2. The maximum grant payable to a regional education association under this section during each year of the biennium is the lesser of $50,000 or seventy percent of the total compensation payable to the coordinator. SECTION 9. TRANSPORTATION GRANTS - DISTRIBUTION. 1. During each year of the 2013-15 biennium, the superintendent of public instruction shall calculate the payment to which each school district is entitled based on the state transportation formula as it existed on June 30, 2001, except that the superintendent shall provide reimbursement at the rate of: a. One dollar and thirteen cents per mile for schoolbuses having a capacity of ten or more passengers; b. Fifty-two cents per mile for vehicles having a capacity of nine or fewer passengers; c. Fifty cents per mile, provided: (1) The student being transported is a student with a disability, as defined in chapter 15.1-32; (2) The student's individualized education program plan requires that the student attend a public or a nonpublic school located outside the student's school district of residence; (3) The student is transported by an adult member of the student's family; (4) The student is transported in a vehicle furnished by the student's parents; (5) The student's transportation is paid for by the student's parents; and (6) The reimbursement does not exceed two round trips daily between the student's home and school; d. Fifty cents per mile, one way, provided: (1) The student being transported resides more than two miles from the public school that the student attends; (2) The student is transported by an adult member of the student's family; (3) The student is transported in a vehicle furnished by the student's parents; and (4) The student's transportation is paid for by the student's parents; and e. Thirty cents per student for each one-way trip. 2. The superintendent of public instruction shall use the latest available student enrollment count in each school district in applying the provisions of subsection 1.