RCW 28A.160.185 Student transportation allocation—Additional allowed uses under an emergency—Accounting. (1) If a school or school district is providing full remote or partial remote instruction under the authority of RCW 28A.150.290 due to a local, state, or national emergency that causes a substantial disruption to full in-person instruction then, in addition to the transportation services […]
RCW 28A.160.190 Student transportation allocation—Notice—Payment schedule. The superintendent shall notify districts of their student transportation allocation before January 15th. The superintendent shall recalculate and prorate the district’s allocation for the transportation of pupils to and from school. The superintendent shall make the student transportation allocation in accordance with the apportionment payment schedule in RCW 28A.510.250. […]
RCW 28A.160.191 Student transportation allocation—Adequacy for certain districts—Adjustment. The superintendent of public instruction shall ensure that the allocation formula results in adequate appropriation for low enrollment districts, nonhigh districts, districts involved in cooperative transportation agreements, and cooperative special transportation services operated by educational service districts. If necessary, the superintendent shall develop a separate process to […]
RCW 28A.160.192 Student transportation allocation—Distribution formula. (1) The superintendent of public instruction shall phase-in the implementation of the distribution formula under this chapter for allocating state funds to school districts for the transportation of students to and from school. The phase-in shall begin no later than the 2011-2013 biennium and be fully implemented by the […]
RCW 28A.160.193 Transportation alternate funding grant program. (1) Subject to the availability of amounts appropriated for this specific purpose, a transportation alternate funding grant program is created. (2) As part of the award process for the grants, the superintendent of public instruction must include a review of the school district’s efficiency rating, key performance indicators, […]
RCW 28A.160.195 Vehicle acquisition—School bus categories—Competitive specifications—Purchase—Reimbursement—Rules. (1) The superintendent of public instruction, in consultation with the regional transportation coordinators of the educational service districts, shall establish a minimum number of school bus categories considering the capacity and type of vehicles required by school districts in Washington. The superintendent, in consultation with the regional transportation […]
RCW 28A.160.200 Vehicle acquisition—Reimbursement schedule—Maintenance and operation—Depreciation schedule. (1) The superintendent shall develop a reimbursement schedule to pay districts for the cost of student transportation vehicles purchased after September 1, 1982. While it is the responsibility of each district to select and pay for each student transportation vehicle purchased by the district, each district shall […]
RCW 28A.160.205 School bus replacement incentive program—Rules. (1) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall implement a school bus replacement incentive program. As part of the program, the office shall fund up to ten percent of the cost of a new 2007 or later model year school bus that meets the 2007 federal […]
RCW 28A.160.210 School bus drivers—Training and qualifications—Rules. In addition to other powers and duties, the superintendent of public instruction shall adopt rules governing the training and qualifications of school bus drivers. Such rules shall be designed to insure that persons will not be employed to operate school buses unless they possess such physical health and […]
RCW 28A.160.225 Condensed compliance reports—Second-class districts. Any compliance reporting requirements as a result of laws in this chapter that apply to second-class districts may be submitted in accordance with RCW 28A.330.250. [ 2011 c 45 § 5.] NOTES: Conflict with federal requirements—2011 c 45: See note following RCW 28A.330.250.
RCW 28A.160.230 Maintenance and repair of school buses by fire protection districts—Authorized. The maintenance and repair of school buses may be provided by a fire protection district pursuant to RCW 52.12.031(1). [ 2019 c 402 § 2.]
RCW 28A.160.240 Transportation of infants. (1) By July 1, 2021, at the request of an eligible student, a school district: (a) May allow the student to transport his or her infant on a school bus or other student transportation vehicle provided by the district. The infant must be transported in a rear-facing child restraint system […]
