§ 386.800 — Transportation by common and private carrier; purchase of bus tickets for certain pupils; contracts and insurance

Nevada § 386.800

• Jurisdiction: Nevada
• Title 34: EDUCATION
• Ch. 386: Local

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1. In addition to the purposes authorized by NRS 386.795 , a board of trustees may use transportation funds of the school district for:
(a) Arranging and paying for transportation, in accordance with subsection 2, by motor vehicles or otherwise, by contract or such other arrangement as the board of trustees finds most economical, expedient and feasible and for the best interests of the school district.
(b) Purchasing tickets at reduced rates for the transportation of pupils, including, without limitation, homeless pupils, on public buses for use by pupils enrolled in middle school, junior high school and high school to travel to and from school.
2. Transportation may be arranged and contracted for by a board of trustees with:
(a) Any railroad company holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada or bus company or other licensed common carrier holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Nevada Transportation Authority.
(b) The owners and operators of private automobiles or other private motor vehicles, including parents of pupils who attend school and are entitled to transportation. When required by the board of trustees, every such private automobile or other private motor vehicle regularly transporting pupils must be insured in the amount required by regulation of the State Board against the loss and damage described in subsection 2 of NRS 386.795 .

Legislative History

[392:32:1956]—(NRS A 1979, 1615 ; 1997, 1993 , 2489 ; 1999, 90 , 565 )—(Substituted in revision for NRS 392.330)