§ 20-27-6-7 — Parents supplemental transportation contract; use of school buses

Indiana § 20-27-6-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 27: SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION
• Ch. 6: Parents' Supplemental Transportation Contracts

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(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and
(d), a school bus operating under a parents' supplemental transportation
contract may only be used for the following purposes:
(1) Transportation of eligible students to and from school.
(2) Transportation of eligible students and necessary adult
chaperones to and from an activity that is sponsored, controlled,
supervised, or participated in by the governing body of the school
corporation.
(3) Transportation of students to and from a:
(A) youth baseball activity;
(B) 4-H club activity;
(C) junior achievement activity;
(D) Boy Scout activity;
(E) Girl Scout activity;
(F) Campfire activity; or
(G) recreational activity approved or sponsored by a political
subdivision.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the following conditions
apply to a school bus operating under a parents' supplemental
transportation contract that is used for a purpose described in
subsection (a):
(1) Students may not be accompanied by more than four (4) adult
sponsors or chaperones per school bus.
(2) Transportation must originate from a point within the
geographical limits of the school district served by the affected
school bus driver.
(3) The group to be transported shall be residents of the affected
school district.
(4) Transportation may not exceed one hundred (100) highway
miles from point of origin.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply if transportation can be furnished
by a common carrier of passengers that operates under the jurisdiction
of the department of state revenue. If transportation is furnished by a
common carrier of passengers that operates under the jurisdiction of
the department of state revenue, IC 20-27-9-3(b) applies.
(d) A school bus operating under a parents' supplemental
transportation contract may be used for the following purposes:
(1) Travel to and from a garage or repair area for maintenance or
repair.
(2) Transportation requested by a governmental authority during
a local, state, or national emergency.
(3) Transportation of an agricultural worker engaged in
cultivating, producing, or harvesting crops under IC 20-27-9-10.
(4) Travel to a school bus driver's residence or parking facility
following an authorized use described in this section.
(5) Transportation of a senior citizen under IC 20-27-9-2.
[Pre-2005 Elementary and Secondary Education
Recodification Citation: 20-9.1-2.5-6.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-2005, SEC.11.