Montana § 20-10-121 Duty Of Trustees To Provide Transportation -- Types Of Transportation -- Bus Riding Time Limitation

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§ 20-10-121 — Duty Of Trustees To Provide Transportation -- Types Of Transportation -- Bus Riding Time Limitation

Montana § 20-10-121

Title 20EDUCATION

Ch. 10TRANSPORTATION AND FOOD SERVICES

Part 1School Buses and Transportation

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Mont. Code Ann. § 20-10-121 (2026).

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20-10-121 . Duty of trustees to provide transportation -- types of transportation -- bus riding time limitation.

(1)The trustees of a district may furnish transportation to an eligible transportee who attends a school of the district or has been granted permission to attend a school outside of the district. Whenever the trustees of a district provide transportation for an eligible transportee, the trustees shall provide all eligible transportees of the district with transportation. The trustees shall furnish transportation when directed to do so by the county transportation committee and when that direction is upheld by the superintendent of public instruction.

(2)The tendering of a contract to the parent or guardian under which the district would pay the parent or guardian for individua

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20-10-121 . Duty of trustees to provide transportation -- types of transportation -- bus riding time limitation. (1) The trustees of a district may furnish transportation to an eligible transportee who attends a school of the district or has been granted permission to attend a school outside of the district. Whenever the trustees of a district provide transportation for an eligible transportee, the trustees shall provide all eligible transportees of the district with transportation. The trustees shall furnish transportation when directed to do so by the county transportation committee and when that direction is upheld by the superintendent of public instruction.
(2) The tendering of a contract to the parent or guardian under which the district would pay the parent or guardian for individually transporting the pupil or pupils fulfills the district's obligation to furnish transportation for an eligible transportee. The parent or guardian of an eligible transportee may provide transportation or arrange for transportation for the parent's or guardian's child at the parent's or guardian's own expense to any district willing to accept the child.
(3) The type of transportation provided by a district may be:
(a) by a school bus; or
(b) by individual transportation:
(i) paying the parent or guardian for individually transporting the pupil;
(ii) paying board and room reimbursements;
(iii) providing supervised correspondence study; or
(iv) providing supervised home study.
(4) When the parent or guardian of an elementary pupil consents to a trip of over 1 hour, the trustees may require the eligible transportee to ride a school bus for more than 1 hour each trip.